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15 Cards in this Set
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serf
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peasents bound to the land for life
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peninsulars
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at the top of the social scale
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encomiends
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the right to demand labor and taxes from native americans living on the land
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Fuedalism
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the system of rule by lordswhoowe loyalty toa king
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manor
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included the lords castle , peasents huts,and surronding villages or fields
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magnatic compass
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with needle that always pointed north
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astrolabe
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made it possible for sailors to measure positions of ftars and figure out latitude and sea
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caravel
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ship with a steering rudder and triangular sails
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colony
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is a group of people who settle in a distant land and are ruled by the governmentof their native land
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conquistador
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conguerors who marched into the americas
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pueblo
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were towns that were centers of farming and trade
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presidos
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forts with high adobe walls where soliders lived
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missons `
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religous settlements run by catholic preists and friars
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creolos
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people born in the americas to spanish parents
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mestizos
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people mixed spanish and indian back- ground
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