Name: ______________________

Period: ____ Date: __________________

Assignment

Directions: Read the section entitled A Strict Social Order on page 107 of the Red S.C. Standards
Reinforcement Guide to complete the chart below.

Colonial Social Structure of Latin America

Upper
Class

Name of Social
Class

Definition

Occupations

1) Peninsulares

2) Creoles

Army Officers

3) Mestizos

Servants, Laborers,
Overseers of Plantations

4) Mulattos

Lower 5) Native
Americans and
Class

Africans

People with no European

Ancestory

Totem Pole of Latin American Social Order

Directions: Create a totem pole by sketching symbols for each social class on the graphic below. Be
sure to list the classes in order with the upper class at the top of the totem pole and the lower class
at the bottom. In the area provided on the right, write a sentence that explains how your symbol
represents that social class.

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2. ____________

Explanation
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3. ____________

Explanation
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4. ____________

Explanation
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5. ____________

Explanation
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