CHAPTER 19: EARLY LATIN AMERICA
1.
What made the Europeans successful conquerors of the New World?
2.
Explain the exploitation of the Indians in Latin America.
3.
Describe the mining industry in the New World.
4.
What are haciendas and what did they produce?
5.
Explain how the state and church ruled the Spanish Empire in the New World.
6.
Identify the social hierarchy of castas that developed over time in Latin America. Also, identify the 6 main groupings
and describe their position in society.
7.
Why was reform needed in Spain and its Latin American claims by the 18 th century?
8.
What factors of reform (Bourbon & Pombal Reforms) in Latin America, by both Spain and Portugal, laid groundwork of
dissatisfaction with royal control? (These are some major motivators for revolutions that would eventually occur in
Latin America in the early 19th century. Especially consider how the position of Creoles was altered.)