USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A person of mixed European and Indian blood in Latin America is called by which of the following names? Notes: A person of mixed European and Indian blood in Latin America is called a Mestizo.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term mestizo means mixed in Spanish, and is generally used throughout Latin America to describe people of mixed ancestry with a white European and an indigenous background.

Detailed explanation-3: -A person of African and European descent was generally referred to as mulato (the Spanish cognate of mulatto), a term that is still widely used in Latin America.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mestizo is a term historically used in Spain and Hispanic America, including Hispaniola. It originally referred to a person of combined European and Indigenous American descent, regardless of where the person was born. The term was an ethnic/racial category for mixed-race castas that evolved during the Spanish Empire.

Detailed explanation-5: -Currently, the Chinese mestizos are the most populous subgroup; they have been very influential in the creation of Filipino nationalism. The Spanish mestizos are of a smaller population, but they remain a very socially significant and prestigious minority.