14. Casta Paintings
Spanish American Colonies
Casta is a 17th century term used in
Spanish America, and refers to the
institutionalized system of racial and social
stratification and segregation based on a
person's heritage.
Certain labels were used to identify
classes of people with specific racial or
ethnic heritage. Each of these castes was
entitled to privileges or were restricted
within the society because of its caste.
21. One RESULT of European
Maritime Empires being built…
The Columbian Exchange –
the transfer of plants,
animals, and diseases
between the Americas and
Afro-Eurasia
23. As these empires were built:
• The rulers worked to control ethnic &
religious groups in ways that utilized
their economic contributions while
limiting their ability to challenge the
authority of the government
• Mughal treatment of Hindu subjects
• Chinese treatment of SE Asian merchants
• European promotion of the African slave trade
24. • Governments of these empires used
bureaucrats and professional military
to maintain centralized control over
people & resources – (and limit the
power of the other nobles).
• Ottoman devshirme system & janissaries
• Chinese scholar officials
• European use of merchants or priests as
bureaucrats.
