Question

Europeans began to settle in Latin America in the 1500s. Many of these settlers married Native Americans. The children of mixed European and Native American ancestry were called mestizos.

Mestizos became a new

A) peer group.
B) ethnic group.
C) family group.
D) political group.

Answer 1

B) ethnic group.......

Answer 2

Answer:

B

Explanation:

Mestizos are a racial and an ethnic group. Their unique position in society in the European-controlled Americas became a source of controversy and slowly pushed the establishment toward a revolution in the 1800s.