Chapter 4 European Empires in the Americas   1. The most important responsibility of the Spanish viceroy was to ____________     A) keep other Europeans out of their colonies.     B) produce wealth for Spain in America.     C) create a plan for governing Spain's colonies.     D) send reports from the colonies to Spain.   2. The people at the bottom of society in Spain's colonies were the ____________     A) mestizos.     B) creoles.     C) Native Americans.     D) peninsulares.   3. To attract settlers and to improve relations with Native Americans, Spain built ____________ in the borderlands.     A) convents     B) missions     C) presidios     D) theaters   4. Native Americans at Spanish missions were allowed to do all of the following EXCEPT ____________     A) learn such skills as carpentry and metalworking.     B) attend school.     C) practice the Catholic religion.     D) leave without permission.   5. In 1534, who made the first French land claims in North America?     A) Jacques Cartier     B) Robert de La Salle     C) Samuel de Champlain     D) Louis Joliet   6. The first permanent French settlement in North America was ____________     A) New Amsterdam.     B) St. Lawrence     C) Quebec.     D) Marquette.   7. Because French settlers tried to accept Native American ways, they were able to make ____________     A) several strong Native American allies.     B) beaver hats popular in Europe.     C) Acadia a part of New France.     D) war against New Spain.   8. The economy of New France was based on ____________     A) farming.     B) the land grant system.     C) fur trading.     D) mining.   9. To protect their claims in New France, the French ____________     A) built a network of military forts.     B) fought with the Algonquin and Huron     C) invaded New Spain.     D) made allies of the Dutch.   10. The Dutch based their claim to New Netherland on the 1609 voyage of ____________     A) Father Jacques Marquette.     B) Henry Hudson.     C) Robert de La Salle.     D) Louis XIV.   11. Louis Joliet, Henry Hudson, and other explorers hoped to find ____________     A) an unknown species of animal.     B) the mouth of the Mississippi River.     C) the Arctic Ocean     D) a northeast water route to Asia.   12. Montezuma was the ____________     A) emperor of the Aztec.     B) governor of Cuba.     C) Aztec feathered serpent god.     D) ruler of the Inca.   13. The fighting strength of the Aztec weakened after the ____________     A) Aztec emperor was killed during a revolt.     B) Spaniards took Montezuma prisoner.     C) Aztec caught diseases from the Spaniards.     D) Aztec gave the Spaniards a room filled with gold.   14. The Spanish conqueror of the Inca was ____________     A) Atahualpa.     B) Francisco Pizarro.     C) Hernán Cortés.     D) Montezuma.   15. Spain named the northern part of its American empire ____________     A) New Spain.     B) Mexico.     C) Peru.     D) Florida.