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Social Studies
Social Studies 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Viceroyalties | An area governed by a viceroy or a governor who represented the monarch. |
| Encomienda | The right to demand labor from Native Americans. |
| Immunity | Acquired resistance to infection. |
| Peninsulares | Officials from Spain sent to the Spanish colonies to see that the laws were carried out. |
| Proprietary Colonies | Colony that was owned by an individual or private company. |
| Royal Colonies | A colony that belonged to the English monarchs. |
| Creoles | A social class whose ancestors were the original Spanish colonists. |
| Mestizoes | Member of a low social class decended form Spanish Europeans and Native Americans. |
| Mulattoes | Person of low social class who had ancestors who were Spanish and African. |
| Missions | Church and housing for a priest and Native Americans who had been concerted to Catholicism. |
| Joint Stock Company | Stock or funds of a company held jointly by its owners. |