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16 Cards in this Set
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Nation-state
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the modern form of political society that combines centralized government with a high degree of ethnic and cultural unity |
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Matrilinear
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the form of society in which family line, power, and wealth are passed primarily through the female side |
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Confederacy
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an alliance or league of nations or peoples looser than a federation |
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Primeval |
concerning the earliest origin of things
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Saga
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a lengthy story or poem recounting the great deeds and adventures of a people and their heroes |
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Middlemen |
in trading systems, those who operate between the original buyers and the retail merchants ho sell to consumers |
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Caravel
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a small vessel with a high deck and three triangular sails |
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Plantation |
a large-scale agricultural enterprise growing commercial crop and usually employing coerced or slave labor |
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Ecosystem
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a naturally evolved network of relations among organisms in a stable environment |
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Demographic |
concerning the general characteristic of a given population, including such factors as numbers, age, gender, birth, and death rates |
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Conquistador
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a Spanish conqueror or adventurer in the Americas |
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Capitalism
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an economic system characterized by private property, generally free trade, and open and accessible markets |
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Encomienda
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the Spanish labor system in which persons were help to unpaid service under the permanent control of their masters, though not legally owned by them |
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Mestizo |
a person of mixed Native American and European ancestry |
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Province |
a medium sized subunit of territory and governmental administration within a larger nation or empire
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