WH Ch 6 part 2 Flashcards
What 3 things did governments do to encourage trade
Granted subsidies
Transportation
Placed high tariffs on foreign goods
Why was slave trade needed , why did it grow
To help with planting of sugar cane, Indians died and needed more workers
What were the sources of enslaved Africans
Prisoners of war
What effects did the slave trade have on Africa
Lost faith in gods
Art deteriorated
Human sacrifices increased
In 1500’s, which country did Portugal control
Brazil
On what continents had the Spanish Empire taken hold
Central and South America
What was the social hierarchy in Colonial Latin America,
What people made up each class
Peninsular- Spanish Portuguese, served as officials
Creoles - Senate of people, control land
Mestizoes- descendants of Africans and Europeans
Mulatoes- farming and trade
How did Portugal and Spain profit from their colonies in Latin America
Gold
Silver
Farming
What products were shipped to Europe from colonies in Latin America
Sugar Tobacco Animal hides Diamond Gold
How did the Spanish assert its control over its colonies
Appointed viceroys
What did the Catholic Church build along with the missions
Cathedrals Hospitals Orphanages Schools Hospitals
What were convents
A place for nuns to live
Who was Juana Ines de la Cruz
Nun who wrote poetry and prose, urged women to be educated
How did the Portuguese assert its control over Brazil in the mid 16th century
Governor General
What did the Catholic schools teach
Reading, writing, arithmetic
