The Term Mestizo Refers to

question 36

Multiple Choice

The term mestizo refers to

• A) the coins that were used in the Aztec empire.
• B) an individual of indigenous and European parentage.
• C) the Spanish plantations on which millions of Central and South Americans were enslaved.
• D) the Aztec term for the mysterious disease that devastated their population.
• E) the percentage of silver that went to the Spanish government.

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Definitions:

Allantois

An embryonic membrane in birds, reptiles, and mammals that is involved in gas exchange and the collection of waste products.

Caenorhabditis Elegans

A free-living, transparent nematode (roundworm), widely used as a model organism in genetic and developmental biology.

Fate Map

Diagram used by developmental geneticists that tracks the differentiation of a cell in an embryo.

Cytoplasmic Segregation

The uneven distribution of cytoplasmic contents, such as organelles and cytoplasmic determinants, during cell division.