Ap Us History Ch. 1

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The form of political society that combines centralized government with a high degree of ethnic and cultural unity

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Nation-state

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The form of society in which family line, power, and wealth are passed primarily through the female side

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Matrilinear

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An alliance or league of nations or peoples looser than a federation

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Confederacy

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Concerning the earliest origin of things

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Primeval

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A lengthy story or poem recounting the great deeds and adventures of a people and their heroes

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Saga

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In trading systems, those dealers who operate between the original buyers and the retail merchants who sell to consumers

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Middlemen

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A small vessel with a high deck and three triangular sails

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Caravel

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A large-scale agricultural enterprise growing commercial crops and usually employing coerced or slave labor

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Plantation

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A naturally evolved network or relations among organisms in a stable environment

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Ecosystem

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Concerning the general characteristics of a given population, including such factors as numbers, age, gender, birth and death rates, and so on

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Demographic

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A Spanish conqueror or adventurer in the Americas

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Conquistador

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An economic system characterized by private property, generally free trade, and open and accessible markets

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Capitalism

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The Spanish labor system in which persons were held to unpaid service under the permanent control of their masters, though not legally owned by them

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Encomienda

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A person of mixed Native American and European ancestry

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Mestizo

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A medium-sized subunit of territory and governmental administration within a larger nation or empire

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Province