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Vocabulary 2-1
CC 2 Reading 2.1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| disparate | markedly different; distinct in quality or character |
| Colombian Exchange | the transfer of animals, plants and diseases between Europe and the Americas--the diseases wiped out Indian tribes in the Americas |
| monarchy | government ruled by a king or queen |
| ravage | to destroy; ruin; plunder |
| tenuous | rare, flimsy, slender |
| culture | total way of life by a group of people |
| decimate | to destroy a large part of a group or place; to destroy at least 10 percent |
| Huguenots | French Protestants |
| privateer | an armed private ship commissioned to raid the ships of an enemy |
| encomienda system | Indian slave labor used by the Spanish |
| mission | a place where monks, friars, or priests spread their Catholic Christian beliefs |
| plummet | to fall sharply or abruptly; plunge |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded; expressing a command |
| plunder | to rob openly by force; pillage |
| atrocity | the quality or state of being savage, wicked, brutal, or cruel |
| humanitarian | a person who promotes human welfare, social reform, and human rights |
| malice | the intention of doing harm |
| Black legend | rumor, used by the English, to describe how horrible the Spanish were to Native Americans; it drew upon religious differences (Catholic Spain and Protestant England) and political rivalries (England vs. Spain) |
| benevolent | kindly; having or showing goodwill |
| subsidize | to aid or furnish with a grant, gift, subsidy, or money |
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