SOC101Y1 Study Guide - Proletariat, Bourgeoisie, Ethnocentrism
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Week 3= antecedents by audrey smedley article and when worlds collide video. The new world was the world of the indigenous people of the americas, and the old world was of the europeans. Ferdinand and isabella became king and queen of spain: the dye for the colour red was easily made in the new world when in the old world it was an expensive dye that only the rich could afford. New crops transformed the world and changed our diets, and the indigenous people also had gold and silver, which the. Natives and african slaves were forced to mine for more gold when they ran out of gold in spain. Caste system present in the old world, was applied to the new world: this social hierarchy was based on ancestry and the "purity" of blood. Race and ethnicity became an integral part of people"s identity like never before.
