Society in New Spain

By the end of the 1500s:

• Most fighting had stopped.

• Spanish had given up on America and left.

• All Spanish had died.

• The Spanish learned to live like the Indians did.

Of the following who were of highest class?

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mestizos

• Native Americans

Which was the largest class group?

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mestizos

• Native Americans

Who were of lowest class in New Spain society?

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mestizos

• Native Americans and Africans

What is the topic of paragraph 3?

• Spanish Ancestry

• Creoles

• Social Classes

• Africans

What is the topic of paragraph 4?

• Wealth

• Peninsulares

• Plantations

• Encomiendas

Who owned plantations?

• Creoles

• Native Americans

• Peninsulares

• Mestizos

What is the topic of paragraph 5?

• Merchants

• Cities

• Furniture

• Clothing

What were Encomiendas?

• When someone was given a task to do.

• When a peninsular received power over a group of Native Americans.

• When people prayed over someone.

• A class about economy.

What paragraph talks about Mestizos?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4