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APUSH I Chapter one vocab
This is for APUSH I students using The American Pageant textbook
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History
11th Grade
09/11/2012

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nation-state
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political society combining centralized government with ethnic unity
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matrilinear
Definition
When political handovers, inheritance and lines of power occur through women
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Confederacy
Definition
alliance of nations that is looser than a federation
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primeval
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Concerning the earliest origin of things
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Saga
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a lengthy story or poem recounting the adventures of heroes
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middlemen
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dealers that operate between the original buyers and retailers
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caravel
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small vessel with high deck and three sails
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plantation
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A large scale farm usually worked by coerced or enslaved laborers
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ecosystem
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naturally evolved network of organisms in a stable environment
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demographic
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concerning the general charecteristics of a population, such as race, age and location
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conquistador
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a Spanish explorer in the Americas
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capitalism
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an economic system largely based on untaxed capital, free trade and accessible markets
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encomienda
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the Spanish labor system in which servants give unpaid service to a master in order to make them Christian
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Mestizo
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a person of mixed Native American and European ancestry
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Province
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a medium sized subunit of land within a larger country or empire
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