Colonial Latin America Economic and Social Structures

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What was one result of the economic developments in Brazil during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

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The transatlantic slave trade grew as Europeans demanded labor for the plantations.

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What were the haciendas that were created in Latin America?

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large plantations owned by Spanish and usually worked by slaves

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What type of work were MOST African slaves forced to perform in Latin America?

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farm labor

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The presence of Spanish and Portuguese colonists in the New World led to which of the following religious developments?

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the spread of Catholicism

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As a result of European imperialism, the official language of Brazil is

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Portuguese

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Which of the following is NOT a way that Spain influenced Latin America and created unity in the region? They introduced new religious practices. They introduced a new language. They created a blended culture.

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They promoted economic equality.

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What effect has the Treaty of Tordesillas revision had on modern Brazil?

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The official language of Brazil is Portuguese.

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The presence of Spanish conquistadors in the New World led to which of the following religious developments? Options: the spread of Judaism, the spread of Animism, the spread of Catholicism, the spread of Protestantism

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the spread of Catholicism

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After the Cuban Revolution, why did Fidel Castro's government support revolutions in Algeria, Angola, Ghana, Nicaragua, and Yemen?

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Castro wanted to help communist rebels in other countries.

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As a result of the Cuban Revolution, the government of Cuba changed from

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one kind of dictatorship to another.