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30 Cards in this Set
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What is a Monogamy?
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Marriage to one person
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What is a Mission?
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A community of Indians who obeyed a mission preist
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Who is a Custodio?
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Was a religious manager who was in charge of all church matters
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What is a Alcalde mayor?
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Was a local official, and acted as a judge and handled the local affairs
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What is a Republica?
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The only body under spainish rule in which citizens can take part in politics
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What is the Encomienda system?
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A system in which Spanish solders were to take care of Indians, and in return given favors (Tribute)
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What is a Cabildo?
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Was a town council in the Spanish colonial period to advise the governor about city matters
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What is a Buffer zone?
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A outer layer of protection for a people/country
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What is an Apostate?
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An Indian who had left the rio grande valley to disobey Spainish rule in the 1700's
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What is a Caste?
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Was a name given to a person of mixed bloodin the 1700's
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What is a Genizaro?
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Were Indians that were captured or freed from captivity, and were where they were originally
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what is a Mestizo?
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The Child of a marriage between a Spaniard, and an Indian
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What is a Frontier area?
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Area that showed the advance of a settlement
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what is a Mulatto?
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A child of a black and white parents
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what is the Barter system?
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A system in which people trade goods for other goods
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What is a Land Grant?
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A tract of land rewarded by a Spanish monarch or other person
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What is subsistence Farming?
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is what small farmers practiced in which people would only farm for themselves and family
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What is an Acequia?
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An irrigation system that was dug by Spanish farmers
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What is a Carreta?
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Was a two-wheeled cart/wagon made by spaniards
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What is a Hacienda?
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A large farm in which both crops and cattle were raised in spanish colonial new mexico
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What is a Hacendado?
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was the owner of a Hacienda
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What is a Horno?
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Was a dome shaped oven that both spanish and hispanic women used for baking
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What is a Santo?
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Is a image that displays images of saints
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What is a Retablo?
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Was a painting or carving made on a flat surface
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What is a Bulto?
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Is a wooden figure that displays a saint
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Who were the mountain men?
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They were fur trappers who had come to new mexico during the Mexican period
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What is a Jefe politico?
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Was the political chief during the mexican period
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What was manifest destiny?
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Was the belief that the united states should expand westward across the continent
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What is a Reservation?
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Is a area set aside for the local Indians to live in
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What is Amnesty?
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Means that those who have broken the law will not be punished unless already charged with another crime
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