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18 Cards in this Set
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conquistador |
a conqueror, especially one of the 16th-century Spanish soldiers who defeated the Indian civilizations of Mexico, Centeral America, or Peru |
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cultural diversity |
a society where groups of people with different customs, belifes, arts and way of life live together. |
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cultural exchange |
groups of people who share and adopt different aspects of their lives |
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culture |
the beliefs, customs, arts, way of life, of a particular society, group, place, or time |
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deomographics |
data about population characteristics |
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encomienda |
A grant by the Spanish king under which a Spanish soldier or colonist was granted a piece of land or a village together with its native american population |
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ethnic group |
a group sharing a common and distinctive culture,religion, language, and way of life |
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immune |
cannot be affected by a disease |
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indigenous people |
people already liveing in particular region or environment before exploration by Europeans |
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ladinos |
a mix of mestizos and Spanish |
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mestizos |
people of Native American and European, usually Spanish or Portuguiese, ancestry |
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middle passage |
the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic ocean to the Americas |
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new world |
North America, Mesoamerica, the caribbean, and South America |
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northwest passage |
a route by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the northern coast of North America |
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pandemic |
a disease occuring over a wide geographic are and affecting a very large amount of people. |
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polytheism |
belief in many gods. |
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slavery |
a system in which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work |
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turning point |
a moment when the course of events is changed or a significant change occurs |
