Spanish Colonization of the New World

The Casta pictures shown are example of what type of interactions 

• Social
• Political 
• Religious 
• Economic 

Which of the following groups was the top of the social hierarchy in Spanish Latin America?

• the Creoles
• the Mestizos
• the Peninsulares
• the Mulattos

Which group was lowest in the hierarchy in Spanish Latin America?

• Mestizos
• native people and Slaves 
• Peninsulares and Creoles  
• Mulattos

Mercantilism is

• Red and blue are correct
• the idea that the wealth of a country is based on how much gold and silver it has
• the idea that trade must be favorable: a country should sell more than it buys
• none of these answers describe mercantilism

What were "missions"?

• places priests built to convert native people to Catholicism
• expeditions to unknown places
• goals of European monarchs to claim more lands
• the way Spain organized shipments across the Atlantic Ocean

What does this picture show?

• NAFTA
• Asian Spice Trade
• the Spanish Main
• Triangular Trade

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• The exchange of people, plants, animals, and disease from Old World to New World and New World to Old World
• The exchange of goods from only Europe to Latin America

Which animal helped the Spanish in Latin Americans hunt, fight, and trade over a larger area. Hint - they were brought from the Old World during the Columbian Exchange?

• pig
• goat
• horse
• sheep

What countries make up the Old World?

• Africa, Europe, The Americas 
• Africa, Europe, and Asia 
• The Americas and Asia 
• Asia, Africa, and the US

What counties make up the New World 

• The Americas 
• Europe
• Asia 
• Africa