Social Classes in Spanish America

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

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

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

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

• Enslaved laborers

• Peninsulares

• Criollos

• Mestizos

• Indigenous Native Americans

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

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

• Peninsulares

• Criollos

• Mestizos

• Indigenous Native Americans

• Enslaved Persoons

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