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Peninsular |
The ruling class of Spanish officials who were born in Spain |
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Criollos |
A second class of people who were born in Mexico but whose parents were born in Spain |
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Mestizo |
a person who is spanish and native american` |
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Encomienda |
a system under which Spanish men were each given a Native American village to oversea |
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Hacienda |
a big farm or ranch often 40,000 or 50,000 acres |
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Ejidos |
a community farm owned by all the villagers together |
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privatization |
the process of replacing community ownership with individual, or private ownership |
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Distribution |
the process of moving products to their market |
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maquiladora |
a factory that imports duty-free parts from the United States to make products that it then exports back across th border |