Question

Which of the following describes the government in Spanish colonies?
a. Large regions run by a viceroy appointed by the king
b. Spanish colonies that were too small to need a government
c. Adoption of local Native American customs
d. An elected group of leaders who would make laws Mark for review (Will be highlighted on the review page)

Answer 1

The best answer is that they were divided into large regions and governed by the Viceroy, so:
a. Large regions run by a viceroy appointed by the king.

Those regions were for example the viceroyalty of New Spain, the Viceroyalty of Peru and the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata