The first Brazilian economic cycle was based on
A) cacao.
B) sugar.
C) tobacco.
D) brazilwood.
Question 2
Limpieza de sangre and the colonial hierarchy of castas shows that the idea of race was
A) a natural product of the Spanish conquest of the Americas.
B) developed to reflect real biological differences in the developmental potential of people.
C) evidence of perfect legal equality assigned by Laws of the Indies to legitimate citizens.
D) socially constructed to rationalize and preserve the power of a tiny ruling elite.