The ethnicity shared by the majority of Mexicans is the result of a gradual merging of generations of Spaniards and indigenous peoples. This is an example of

A. pluralism.
B. amalgamation.
C. assimilation.
D. segregation.


Answer: B

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a. Actual
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c. Nominal
d. Interval-ratio

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