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16 Cards in this Set
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pueblos
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towns in new spain that were centers of farming and trade
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colony
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group of people who settle in a distant land and are ruled by the government of their native land
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astrolabe
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instrument used by sailors to figure out latitude at sea
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missions
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religious settlement run by catholic priest and friars
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manor
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part of a lord's holding in the middle ages
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Conquistador
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spanish word for conqueror
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caravel
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shipwith a steering rudder and triangular sails
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creoles
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person of mixed spainish and indian parents
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feudalism
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system of rule by lords who owe loyalty to a king
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magnectic compass
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instrument that shows which directionis north
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presidios
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fort with high adobe wall where spanish soliders lived
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plantations
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large estate farmed by many workers
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northwest passage
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waterway through or around north america
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encomiendos
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right to demand labor or taxes from native americans in new spain
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mestizos
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person of mixed spanish and indian background
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peninsulares
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person sent by spain to rule the spainish colonies
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