COLEGIO INGLÉS BRITISH ROYAL SCHOOL CONCEPCIÓN

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Fonos (41) 2522020 – 2522929
Subject: Social / 5th Grade

SOCIAL TEST

Name: _________________________________________ Class: 5th Grade

Date: August 19th, 2015 Total Score: 51 points S.Score: _______________________

UNIT II

COLONIALISM

Contents

 Colonialism and the Catholic Church

 The Church and the Crown
 Religious Orders
 Protection and Evangelization of the Indigenous People
 Religious Syncretism

I. - Circle the correct alternative. Only one is correct. (12 pts)

1. - What were the Church’s main functions within the colony?

A. To legislate and govern.
B. To educate and evangelize.
C. To conquer and populate.
D. To produce and pay taxes.

2. - What institution is regularly associated with the evangelizing work of the

Jesuits in America?
A. The requirement.
B. The mission.
C. The indigenous peoples.
D. The inquisition.

3.- What institution is described in the following paragraph?

“They were in charge of spreading the faith and educating people, through the
foundation and administration of schools, colleges, and universities.”
A. The religious orders.
B. The viceroys.
C. The governorships.
D. The cabildos.

4.- Which one is a manifestation of religious syncretism in America.

A. Carnival.
B. The Spanish language.
C. The design and construction of people’s homes.
D. Indigenous medicine.

5.- Which of these religious orders had the most relevance in matters of faith and
education during the colony in America?
A. The Mercedarians.
B. The Jesuits.
C. The Agustines.
D. The Franciscans.

6.- What is religious syncretism?

A. To maintain the ancestral beliefs of indigenous people unchanged.
B. The integration of Christianism into the beliefs of indigenous people.
C. The Catholic Church’s acceptance of indigenous beliefs.
D. The resistance of the indigenous people to participate in imposed Catholic
rites.

II.- Explain each concept during colonialism. (8 pts)

a. Royal patronage: ___________________________________________________________________

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b. Evangelization: ___________________________________________________________________

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c. Education: ________________________________________________________________________

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d. Jesuit mission: ___________________________________________________________________

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III.- Mark the correct options with an X. ( 4 pts)

________ Colony is an independent territory.

________ Colony produces riches for another country.

________ Colony has the freedom to create and follow its own laws.

________ Colony is politically administered and economically exploited by another

country.

________ Colony It has free trade relations with other countries.

________ Slaves were forced to work against their will.

________ Colonists brought thousands of people from Africa to America to be slaves.

________ Slaves had the same rights as the colonists.

IV.- Look at the picture and give three characteristics of a Jesuit Mission.
(6 pts)

VI.- Answer the following questions.

a) Name the five religious orders that arrived to America. Which one stood out?
Why? (7 pts)
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b) What was the purpose of the Religious Orders? (2 pts)

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c) Write about the education in the 18th century. (primary, secondary,

post.secondary) (6 pts)

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d) Give two examples of Religious Syncretism. (4 pts)

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e) Who had the authority to plan the construction of churches,

hospitals, and convents? Why? (2 pts)

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