Limpieza De Sangre and the Colonial Hierarchy of Castas Shows

question 20

Multiple Choice

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.