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GSE Unit 4 Vocab #2
GSE Unit 4 Vocabulary Quiz #2
Term | Definition |
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temperate – | climate characterized by mild temperatures (usually has a change of seasons-Winter,Spring,Summer, and Fall ) |
Tropic of Capricorn – | a parallel of latitude located south of the equator at 23.5º S (this is the southern boundary of the tropics) |
Iberian – | Referring to the nations and cultures of Europe’s Iberian Peninsula, Spain and Portugal. |
Roman Catholic – | The largest denomination of Christianity in the world to date. (headquartered in Vatican City in Rome,Italy) |
Romance – | Referring to the languages and cultural characteristics which evolved out of the Latin speaking Roman Empire. (like Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Romanian, and Catalan). |
urban – | an industrialized area of a city or town (the opposite of rural) |
hacienda – | Spanish agricultural plantations throughout Latin America during the colonial period. |
indigenous – | Term referring to the native peoples or species of a given place; synonymous with aboriginal.(original) |
New World – | General term used to describe the newly discovered Americas during the European Age of Exploration; this contrasts with the “Old World” of the eastern hemisphere, particularly Europe. |
transatlantic slave trade – | The enslavement and forced transportation of 12-15 million black Africans to the Americas between the 15th and 19th centuries; associated terms include the triangular trade and the middle passage across the Atlantic. |