Social Relations in the Spanish Colonies of Central and South

question 73

Multiple Choice

Social relations in the Spanish colonies of Central and South America were characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:

• A)frequent intermarriage with native people.
• B)a complex system of racial and class categories.
• C)the uprooting and resettlement of large numbers of native people.
• D)cultural assimilation between the Spanish colonists and the native population.
• E)the enslavement of large numbers of the native population.

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