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Most Mexicans are Mestizos, or people of mixed European ("White") and Native American background. They account for 60-80% of the Mexican population (between 67 up to 90 million in 2010).
They are the result if interracial marriages between Spanish conquistadors, who arrived to Mexico's shores in 1518 and conquered most of Mexico by the 17th century, and several Native American civilizations -- such as the Aztec, Zapotec, Mixtec and Mayan.
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What is the impoverished majority in Mexico referred to as?
Mestizos
How many mestizos are alive today?
it would be hard to list the number but there are many many mestizos alive, i would say that most of them are in Mexico and America.
Where are the mestizos ethnic group located in Mexico?
All over Mexico. Most Mexicans are Mestizos, people of mixed European ("White") and Native American background. They account for 60-80% of the Mexican population (between 67 up to 90 million in 2010).
What group represents a mix of European and indigenous Mexican peoples resulting from Spanish exploration in Mexico?
Mestizos
Who initiated the movement for independence in Mexico by calling on the mestizos and Indians to rebel in 1810?
Father Miguel de Hidalgo
Are there mestizos in Portugal?
are mestizos in portugal
Who is mixed of Spanish and native American heritage?
they are called mestizos
What is the nation with the most mestizos?
That would be Mexico, with some 89 million, followed by the United States with some 45 million.
What is the definition for mestizos in us history?
They were a mix of Spanish/Native American people living in the Americas and mostly in the Texas and Mexico area.
What are the Spanish speaking mestizos from Guatemala called?
mestizos
How did September 16th in Mexico start?
The Criollo's and Mestizos led by Hidalgo rose up against Spain and defeated Spain to gain their freedom.
How can you use mestizos in a sentence?
Mestizos are Latin Americans that are of mixed European and Native American descent. An example of a sentence using the word "mestizos" is "The vast majority of Latinos are either Caucasians or mestizos. "
