In which of the following ways did the Spanish impose racial hierarchies in the regions of the Americas that they controlled during the 1500s and 1600s?
A) The Spanish promoted the status of Native American peoples who supported them to a level in the hierarchy equivalent to the Spanish colonizers.
B) The Spanish created a caste system that incorporated people of European, Native American, and African descent.
C) The Spanish avoided using enslaved African laborers and tried to bar them from Spanish colonies.
D) The Spanish banned interracial marriages and sought to maintain a racially distinct Spanish population as a colonial elite.
Ans: B) The Spanish created a caste system that incorporated people of European, Native American, and African descent.
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