Society Flashcards
1
Q
What did North American families think of intermarriage?
A
North American families despised intermarriage.
2
Q
Who married native Americans?
A
Single French males in fur-trade
3
Q
Where was in intermarriage big?
A
Latin America because of single men.
4
Q
What was the social class in Latin America?
A
Peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, mulattos
5
Q
Who were peninsulares?
A
Old World Europeans
6
Q
Who were creoles?
A
New World Europeans that dominated politics and economy.
7
Q
Who were mestizos?
A
Children of European/Amerindian marriages.
8
Q
Who were mulattos?
A
Children of European/African descent.
9
Q
What social system did Latin America have?
A
The Casta system Mestizos and mulattos are middle-class with Europeans and Africans/Amerindians.
