Were people of spanish hertiage who were born in latin america.
a. peninsulares
b. mulattoes
c. mestizos
d. creoles

D) Creoles or criollos were people of Spanish heritage who were born in Latin America. Since this was part of a caste system of sorts, creoles were of lower ranks than Peninsulares, who were born in Spain,but were higher than Mestizos, who were mixed race (Amerindian and Spanish) and Mulattoes who were either mixed race (Spanish and African descent) or full African descent.