Final answer:
The correct answer is option a) Mulattoes
Step-by-step explanation:
The offspring resulting from unions between women of color and white men, mainly of French/Spanish descent, were referred to as mulattoes. A mulatto is a term historically used to describe individuals with one European and one African parent.
In the social caste system that developed in Latin America during the colonial period, mulattoes were a part of the mixed-race groups that also included mestizos (mixed European and Indigenous descent) and zambos (mixed Indigenous and African descent). Creoles, on the other hand, were individuals born in the Americas from Spanish or European descent, but were not of mixed heritage.