6A & 6B Vocabulary
Mission 6A
Mesoamerica
Mexico and Central America
Elite
A group of people considered (by others or themselves) to be the best in a particular society or category, esp. because of their power, talent, or wealth.
Musket
an infantryman's light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth-bored, muzzleloading, and fired from the shoulder.
Decimate
kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers or others) as a punishment for the whole group
Intermarriage
A marriage between two people of different races, castes, or religions.
Encomienda System
A legal system that was employed mainly by the Spanish crown during the Spanish colonization of the Americas to regulate Native American labor and autonomy.
7B Vocabulary
Columbian Exchange
A widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable diseases, technology and ideas between American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492
Staples
A principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
7C Vocabulary
Dispersal
The action or process of distributing things or people
Diaspora
the dispersion of any people from their original homeland.
Cash Crops
a crop produced for it's commercial value rather than for use by the grower or farmer