1. Columbian Exchange and Slave Trade
Used to describe the enormous widespread exchange of plants, animals, foods, human populations (including slaves), communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres that occurred after 1492.
In that year, Christopher Columbus' first voyage launched an era of large-scale contact between the Old and the New Worlds that resulted in this ecological revolution: hence the name "Columbian" Exchange.

4. The Columbian Exchange

6. Latin American Social Class System
Peninsulares
Spanish official sent to govern Latin American colonies.  They controlled government completely.
Creoles
American born Spanish gentry,  They owned most of the land but were treated like second class citizens, and were denied political rights.
Mestizos
Spanish/Native America- denied basic political, economic, and social rights due to their mixed heritage.
Mulattoes
Spanish/African- denied basic political, economic, and social rights due to their mixed heritage.
Native Americans & Slaves
Lowest social class.  They had no rights and were often treated poorly and used as a labor source by the plantation owning Creoles.