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.
D
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a. At the end of the war, slavery was abolished in northern states. b. The war set a time limit to end slavery in the South. c. Initially, the war had little effect on slavery at all. d. Initially, the war led to African Americans' gaining freedom. e. The war emancipated African Americans in several states.
In general, ____ tended to bind the West and South together, while ____ and ____ connected West to East
a. steamboats; canals; railroads b. railroads; canals; steamboats c. canals; steamboats; turnpikes d. turnpikes; steamboats; canals e. turnpikes; railroads; steamboats
What are some possible conclusions we can draw from the discovery of Turkana Boy?
A. Though capable hunters and biologically well-adapted to their environments, early hominins possessed limited intelligence and were likely to die young. B. Early hominins died out because they were unable to work together and frequently murdered members of their own kind. C. Early hominins had brains similar in size to our own but did not possess the physical structures to produce language. D. Early hominins were quite helpless and were easy prey for larger animals.