Social Studies Unit 4 - Colonial Period in America and Chile

Match the concepts with their correct definition.

• They are large agricultural lands dedicated to the production of cereals, vegetables and livestock.

• Casa de Contratacion

• They are the face of the king in each of the territory in America.

• Commercial Monopoly

• Highest courts of justice in America.

• Reales Audiencias

• Economic system that prohibited America to carry any external economic trade with other territories.

• Haciendas

• Agency responsible for organizing the commercial monopoly and regulating trade.

• Viceroy

What is the place of extraction or production of this product during the colony.

Vegetables​ (a)  

• Estancias
• Mines
• Ranch

What is the place of extraction or production of this product during the colony.

Copper ​ (a)  

• Mines
• Estancias
• Ranches

What is the place of extraction or production of this product during the colony.

Gold​ (a)  

• Mines
• Estancias
• Ranches

What is the place of extraction or production of this product during the colony.

Silver​ (a)  

• Mines
• Estancias
• Ranches

What is the place of extraction or production of this product during the colony.

Leather​ ​ (a)  

• Ranches
• Estancias
• Mines

What is the place of extraction or production of this product during the colony.

Corn​ (a)  

• Estancias
• Mines
• Ranches

Colonial society was ​ ​ (a)   . It has ​ (b)   . At the top were the ​ (c)   . The ​ (d)   were also called peninsulars. The ​ (e)   are Spaniards descendants who were born in America.

• hierarchical
• pyramidal structure
• privileged groups
• Spaniards
• Creoles

The ​ (a)   are the native American people who formed a huge part of the colonial workforce. The ​ (b)   were slaves who performed domestic, agrarian and mining work.

• indigenous
• Africans

Read the following expression carefully and identify whether it is true or false.

True or False

''En la sociedad colonial habia muchas desigualdades. Las personas tenian diferentes derechos segun su lugar de nacimientos, su color de piel o su nivel economico.''

• True

• False