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Social Classes in Spanish America

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Criollos

c)

Mestizos

d)

Indigenous Native Americans

e)

Enslaved Persons of African descent

2.

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

a)

Criollos

b)

Peninsulares

c)

Enslaved Persons of African descent

d)

Mestizos

e)

Indigenous Native Americans

3.

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?

a)

Mestizos

b)

Peninsulares

c)

Criollos

d)

Indigenous Native Americans

e)

Enslaved Persons of African descent

4.

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

a)

Enslaved laborers

b)

Peninsulares

c)

Criollos

d)

Mestizos

e)

Indigenous Native Americans

5.

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?

a)

Indigenous Native Americans

b)

Enslaved persons of African descent

c)

Mestizos

d)

Peninsulares

e)

Criollos

6.

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

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Criollos

c)

Mestizos

d)

Indigenous Native Americans

e)

Enslaved Persoons

7.

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

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Criollos

c)

Mestizos

d)

Enslaved persons of African descent

e)

Indigenous Native Americans