Question

Examine the image and answer the question below.
Spanish casta painting categorizing mixed-race children
Eighteenth-century Spanish casta painting. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons
The image most directly reflects which of the following during the Spanish colonial era?
Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) the development of a race-based caste system
A
the development of a race-based caste system
(Choice B) the enfranchisement of indigenous men and women
B
the enfranchisement of indigenous men and women
(Choice C) the decline of the asiento system
C
the decline of the asiento system
(Choice D) the emergence of syncretic religious practices
D
the emergence of syncretic religious practices


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Answer 1

The image of Spanish casta painting categorizing mixed-race children most directly reflects:

**(Choice A)** the development of a race-based caste system.

Casta paintings were used to illustrate the various racial classifications that emerged in colonial Latin America, highlighting the social hierarchy based on race.