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