Ch 2 Key Terms

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What is the term for a Spanish explorer who claimed lands in America for Spain?

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Conquistador

Front

What is the term for a town in the Spanish colonies; a village or town of the Anasazi or other Native American groups in the American Southwest?

Back

pueblo

Front

What is the term for a fort where soldiers lived in the Spanish colonies?

Back

presidio

Front

What is the term for a religious settlement run by Catholic priests and friars; a settlement that aims to spread a religion into a new area?

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mission

Front

What is the term for a person from Spain who held a position of power in a Spanish colony?

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peninsular

Front

What is the term for a person born in Spain's American colonies to Spanish parents?

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Creole

Front

What is the term for, in Spain's American colonies, a person of mixed Spanish and Indian background?

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mestizo

Front

What is the term that means clever?

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Shrewd

Front

What is the term that means to stop briefly because of nervousness?

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hesitate

Front

What is the term for a waterway through or around North America?

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Northwest passage