1. What aspects of Iberian society were transferred to the New World?
2. What model for American colonization was established in the Caribbean?
3. What was the nature of the exploitation of Indians in the Americas?
4. Discuss the economy of the American colonies.
5. Discuss the nature of the Spanish system of government in the American colonies.
6. How did the discovery of gold and diamonds change the economic organization of Brazil?
7. Describe the social hierarchy of the American colonies.
8. What was the nature of the 18th-century reforms in Portuguese and Spanish colonies?
Broader Questions: 1. Discuss why it can be said that the Spanish and Portuguese colonies were extensions of the global network of the West and also discuss their intermediary role.
2. Discuss the difference in social organization between the Americas and Europe, and explain why the differences in social hierarchy contributed to a sense of self-identity in the colonies.