Week 4

Question 1

castas Painting (IMportant)

Answer 1

castes; term used in eighteenth-century Mexico to describe thedifferent mixed races of society

Question 2

creole [IMPORTANT]

Answer 2

full-blooded Spaniard born in the Americas

Question 3

mestizo [IMPORTANT]

Answer 3

Spanish and Indigenous
* mestizaje: race mixing

Question 4

mulatto [IMPORTANT]

Answer 4

African and Spanish

Question 5

zambo/zambaigo

Answer 5

African and Indigenous

Question 6

Día de los Muertos [IMPORTANT]

Answer 6

Day of the dead
Mixed in a way in catholic beliefs. This is the practice that emerged in Mexico. Nowadays is practiced in other Spanish-speaking countries. This is a way to memorialize and celebrate their ancestors. They use food or photos of their past loved ones to commemorate the deceased of their loved ones in a catholic way.

Question 7

Taíno

Question 8

ATTRIBUTED TO JUAN RODRIQUEZ JUAREZ, DE ESPANOL, Y DE INDIAN PRODUCE [IMPORTANT]

Answer 8

emphasizes their elite status. The women on the left wearing pearl necklaces but indigenous clothing, and the right is wearing European-styled outfits. the men are shown doing more leisurely activities. the lower caste usually depicts them doing labor in paintings.

Question 9

attributed to juan robriques juarez, de castizo y espanola produce español (

Answer 9

How the Spanish population in new Spain wanted to control. They wanted to maintain their status on top of society. in this painting, the man is wearing a cape-like garment recognized as Spanish identity.

Question 10

Zemi [IMPORTAT]

Answer 10

a figure embodying the spiritual force of the Taino pantheon.

Question 11

Santos [IMPORTANT]

Answer 11

referenced to images of saints (carved in wood)
Virgin of Montserrat/miracle of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, 19th century, painted wood.