People of mixed Native American and Spanish parentage were called mestizos. The feminine form, mestiza, would be used when speaking only of women. The masculine form, mestizo, would be used when speaking of men only, or of both men and women, or of mixed race people in general. Collectively the people formed by unions of Spanish and indigenous peoples are sometimes called "La Raza."
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A ________is a person of mixed European and Native American ancestry Question 3 options: Mestizo Creole Moskito Mulatto
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During the Spanish colonial period, the Spaniards developed a caste system based on race. A mestizo was a person of mixed white and American Indian descent.