Most of the women who resided in Spanish Texas settlements __________
A. immigrated from Spain
B. were criollos, since Spanish law prohibited racial mixing between the Spanish and indigenous groups on the frontier
C. had been born on the frontier, and their “Spanish” status was often based on social convention rather than biological grounds
D. were indigenous women who had been purchased by their husbands
C
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a. merchants b. knights c. clergy d. peasants e. monks
On the eve of European colonization, remaining Mississippian cultures in the South included the __________.
A. Pimas B. Apaches C. Hohokam D. Natchez
What types of physical advantages enabled early humans to adapt to their environment?
a. excellent senses of sight and smell b. physical strength superior to their predators c. an ability to sweat profusely to stay cool d. a natural ability to climb trees
Olaudah Equiano:
a. led several Central American slave insurrections before his death. b. wrote the eighteenth century's most widely read account by a slave of a slave's own experiences. c. demonstrated in his writings that he perfectly fit the stereotype that blacks were savages incapable of becoming civilized. d. was popular with Europeans for telling them that their culture was far superior to that of Africans like himself.