Chapter 19-Early Latin America
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1What were the characteristics of Iberian society at the time of contact with the Americas?
2What Portuguese practices were extended to the Americas?
3Where did the Spanish practice their model for American colonization. What did this model entail?
4How did encomiendas work? Why did the Spanish abandon the practice?
5Significance of de Las Casas
6What was the Indian response to conquest?
7Describe the impact of European diseases on Native Americans
8How did the Spanish treat the Indian Nobility? Why?
9What was Mita-what did it replace?
10What were the characteristics of the Spanish economy in America?
11What was the significance of gold in Spanish America for the peoples of the world?
Silver?
12Why was the discovery of Mercury significant for Spain?
13What were the characteristics of Agriculture in Spanish America?
14What was Seville’s role in the Spanish colonial economy?
15Describe the Spanish convoy system
16How did the importation of Bullion negatively impact Spain?
17What was the Treaty of Tordesillas? When did it occur?
18What was Recopilacion?
19What were audiencias?
20What did the Catholic Church introduce to the Americas?
21Where did the plantation economy first take root in the Americas
22What were captaincies?
23What was the population breakdown of Brazil in 1700?
24What were the key differences between the Spanish and Portuguese Empires?
25What undercut the Portuguese sugar monopoly in Europe?
26How did the discovery of gold negatively impact Portugal?
27What was the basis for social hierarchy in the Americas?
28What was commercio libre?
29What were the 18 th century reforms made by the Spanish regarding America? What was their impact?
3030-Who was Tupac Amaru?
3131-Why did the colonial revolutions against Spain and Portugal during the 18 th century fail?