Question

in spanish latin america, people who were of mixed european and indigenous ancestry were called
○ criollos.
○ mulattoes.
○ mestizos.
○ peninsulares.

Explanation:

• Criollos were people of European ancestry born in the Americas, not mixed.
• Mulattoes referred to people of mixed European and African ancestry.
• Mestizos specifically described individuals of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry in Spanish Latin America.
• Peninsulares were Europeans born in Spain who moved to the Americas.

Answer:

C. mestizos.