-What Does the Architecture Shown in This Painting of the Central

question 33

Multiple Choice

-What does the architecture shown in this painting of the central plaza of Mexico City reveal about Spain's approach to colonization?

• A) Commerce was banned within the confines of the plaza.
• B) The design of the plaza demonstrates the lack of urban planning used in Spanish colonial towns and cities.
• C) The Spanish constructed buildings along the plaza to emphasize the strong power of the church and state.
• D) Women were forbidden from attending events in public areas like the plaza.

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Definitions:

Commerce

The activity of buying and selling goods and services, especially on a large scale, involving transportation, finance, and marketing.

Transcontinental Railroad

The railway system that connected the eastern and western parts of the United States, completed in 1869, facilitating widespread economic growth and settlement.

Canals and Steamboats

Key components of the early industrial transportation network, where canals allowed for the movement of goods through waterways and steamboats provided powerful and reliable river transportation.

Erie Canal

A canal in New York, completed in 1825, connecting the Hudson River at Albany to Lake Erie at Buffalo, significantly contributing to the development and expansion of the United States by improving transportation.