QUESTIONAIRE

1. When did Christopher Colombus arrive to America?

October 12, 1492.
2. How did Carlos V divide the colonies?
He divided America in four viceroyalties.
3. What was a viceroyalty?
It was a jurisdiction to administrate part of the colony.
4. What ere the names of viceroyalties in America?
Nueva Granada, Lima, La Plata, and Nueva Espaa.
5. What were the Central Authorities?
Authorities that controlled the colonies from Spain.
6. What was the council of indies?
It was an institution to manage, politically, economically,
and judicial issues in America.
7. What were the authorities of the king?
He was the highest authority in the colony . He could
create laws and administrate the colony.
8. What was the casa de la contratacin?
It regulated trades in the colonies.
9. Who were the Adelantados?
They were the first Spaniards who colonized America.
10.
What were the Capitanias?
Military cities to protect the colonies.
11.
What was the Cabildo?
It was a city council to manage a city.
12.
Who were the mestizos?
Mixture between Spaniards and Natives.
13.
Who were the creoles?
People who were born in America with Spanish parents.
14.
Who were the Mulattoes?
Spaniards and black people (mixture).
15.
Why were black people brought to America?
To work as slaves.
16.
How could a person change his social status?
Getting married with a person with a higher status.
17.
What are the characteristics of the Baroque Style?

Walls with ornaments, tile roofs, white walls in the

exterior.
18.
What are some examples of the Baroque Style?
San Agustin in Potos, Jesus de Machaca, Santa Barbara,
Casa de la Moneda.
19.
What are the characteristics of the Mestizo Baroque
style?
American flora and fauna, mythological motives, preColumbian ornaments.
20.
What are some examples of the Mestizo Baroque
style?
San Francisco, Santo Domingo, Paria, Aranis church, and
Sica Sica.
21.
What are some examples of Renaissance?
Tiwanakus Shrine, Copacabanas church, Sucres
cathedral.
22.
What are some characteristics of Renaissance?
There are four chapels added to the atrium.
23.
Who was Francisco Tito Yupanqui?
He was a sculptor in the colony. He carved the Virgen de
Copacabana sculpture.
24.
What were the name of three schools of art in the
viceroyalty of Peru?
School of Quito, School of Cuzco, and School of Potos.
25.
Who was Melchor Perez de Holguin?
He was a painter. He painted Virgen de la Calendaria in
potos.
26.
What is religious syncretism?
It is a mixture of two religions. In America, Catholic
church and natives beliefs.
27.
What was Mita?
It was the mandatory work in mines.
28.
What was the Fifth Tax?
It was the 5% payment for the king made by the Indians.
29.
What was the Obrajes?
It was a mandatory work for women.
30.
What was mannerism?

It was a painting style.