NEW SPAIN SOCIAL CLASSES

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

Who owned plantations?

• Creoles

• Native Americans

• Peninsulares

• Mestizos

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.

The correct order of social classes in Spanish colonies:

• Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos/Mulatos, Africans/Natives.
• Mestizos/Mulatos, Peninsulares, Creoles, Africans/Natives.
• African/Natives, Mestizos/Mulatos, Creoles, Peninsulares.
• Creoles, Peninsulares, Mestizos & Mulatos, African & Natives.

Peninsulares were:

• Spaniards born in Spain living in Spanish colonies.  Most important in social hierarchy.
• Children of Spaniards born in Spanish colonies. (Second in social hierarchy.
• Children of one Spaniard parent and one Indian or Native American.
• Spaniard born in Spain and lived in Spain.

Creoles (or criollos) were:

• Spaniards born in Spain living in Spanish colonies.  Most important in social hierarchy.
• Children of Spaniards born in Spanish colonies. (Second in social hierarchy.
• Children of one Spaniard parent and one Indian or Native American.
• Children of a Native American and an African.

Born from a Spanish parent and a Native American:

• Peninsulares
• Creoles (Criollo)
• Mestizos
• Mulatos

Native American Indians were

• Brought from Africa.
• Original people living in America.
• Americans that came from Europe.
• Children of an American parent and an Indian parent.