The Spanish destroyed temples, forced Indians to Catholicism, and adopt Spanish dress and manners.
After the conquest
They imposed Castilian language. This led to the discrimination of indigenous languages.
After the conquest
They pioneered the development of agriculture, writing and math.
Before the conquest
What is diversity?
A range of people with various racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds and various lifestyles, experience, and interests.
Indians now worked for the Spanish
Happened after the conquest
Introduced new food, pork, beef, and wheat.
After the conquest
What is multiculturalism?
Is a word that describes a society where many different cultures live together.
Small ejidos were replaced by large haciendas.
Farming
Characteristics of diversity:
Ethnicity, cultural background, lifestyle, experience, and interest.
They practiced hunting, fishing, and trading.
Before the conquest
Is a word that describes a society where many different cultures live together.
Multiculturalism
What is culture?
is a pattern of behavior shared by a society, or group of people.
Many indigenous people were killed by European disease.
Disease
Mestizos became the largest segment of the population.
Population
A range of people with various racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds and various lifestyles, experience, and interests.
Diversity.
What things make up a culture?
Food, Language, Clothing, Tools, Music, Arts, Customs, Beliefs, and religion.
The Aztec Empire was replaced by a large Spanish Colonial Government.
Government
Their economy was agriculture, such as corn, beans and squash.
Before the conquest
They built cities and monuments.
Before
What to things describe multiculturalism?
Linguistic diversity and cultural diversity
Many indigenous languages disappeared.
After the conquest
Name two cultures you can find in Chihuahua.:
Mennonites and Tarahumaras