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Social Classes in Spanish America

Authored by Edward Marrone

History, Social Studies

5th - 8th Grade

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Social Classes in Spanish America
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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What class of people was at the top of the social hierarchy in the Spanish American colonies?

Peninsulares

Criollos

Mestizos

Indigenous Native Americans

Enslaved Persons of African descent

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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What people were second highest in the caste system of the Spanish American colonies?

Criollos

Peninsulares

Enslaved Persons of African descent

Mestizos

Indigenous Native Americans

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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What group of people emerged as the new middle class majority in the Spanish American colonies, and are still the majority in Latin America today?

Mestizos

Peninsulares

Criollos

Indigenous Native Americans

Enslaved Persons of African descent

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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What people were at the bottom of the social pyramid in Spanish America?

Enslaved laborers

Peninsulares

Criollos

Mestizos

Indigenous Native Americans

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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What people, formerly the majority in the New World, died of disease of poor conditions and largely disappeared during the Spanish Colonial period in the Americas?

Indigenous Native Americans

Enslaved persons of African descent

Mestizos

Peninsulares

Criollos

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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What class of people served as Explorers, Conquistadors, Viceroys, Bishops, Generals, Admirals, and Encomenderos?

Peninsulares

Criollos

Mestizos

Indigenous Native Americans

Enslaved Persoons

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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What classes of people could NOT be forced to work on plantations, haciendas, or in the encomienda system? (select all that apply)

Peninsulares

Criollos

Mestizos

Enslaved persons of African descent

Indigenous Native Americans

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