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lesson 3 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| society | a group of people forming a community |
| plantation | a large farm with many workers who live on the land they work |
| encomienda | a grant that gave a wealthy settler control of the native people who lived on an area of land |
| missionary | a person who teaches his or her religion to others who have different beliefs |
| mission | a religious settlement where missionaries live and work |
| What was colonial society like in New Spain? | Society was based on Spanish ancestry (who your ancestors were/how much Spanish blood you had in you) |
| How did Spain become one of the most powerful countries in the world in the 1600s? | Spain built colonies => colonies had plantations and mines that made Spain rich |