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Soc. Studies
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Term | Definition |
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Autonomy | Freedom from external control or influence; independence. |
Caste System | The system of dividing society into heredity classes where individuals are fixed into a place in society from birth. |
Constitutional Monarchy | A form of government in witch a monarch acts as executive or head of state within the limits of a written constitution alongside a legislature and judiciary |
Coup d'etat | A sudden violent seizure of power from a government. |
Creole or Criollo | A person of total or mostly 100% European born in a Spanish colony. |
Freedom | The power or right to act speak, or think as one wants without interference or limit. |
Gracias al Sacar | In new Spain a legal way to buy one's own way into a higher rank of the Caste System. |
Independence | The fact or state of being self determining. |
Mestizo | In latin America a person of mixed race especially the offspring of a spaniard and an American Indian |
Mullato | A person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially a person with one white and one black parent (old fashioned and offensive) |
Patriarchy | A system of society or government in witch men hold the power and women / other minorities are largely excluded from it. |
Peninsulares | In the context of the spanish colonial Caste System, a peninsular was a spanish born spaniard residing in the new world. |
Popular Sovereignty | Is the principle that the authority of a country and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people. |
Revolution | An armed overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. |
Revolutionary | A person who works for or participates in a political revolution. |
Trans-Cultural Blending | The coming together of multiple cultures to create a new one ( The strongest examples of this is in north and south America with countries such as Mexico and the united states. |