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Describe the ethnic groups that make up the population of Brazil. What do the terms mulattoes, mestizos, pardos and pretos mean? (Site 1)

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answer:

sample answer below based on research.

explanation:

ethnic groups

  • white: 47.7%
  • mulatto (mixed white and black): 43.1%
  • black: 7.6%
  • asian: 1.1%
  • indigenous: 0.4%

terms

mulattoes:

  • a person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially a person with one white and one black parent

mestizos:

  • (in Latin America) a man of mixed race, especially one having spanish and indigenous descent

pardos:

  • commonly used to refer to mixed-race brazilians, individuals with varied racial ancestries

pretos:

  • partial African ancestry
  • brazilians who have predominantly or partial african ancestry

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