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4th SS MW Ch 4
My World Ch 4 Vocab Exploration and Colonization of Texas
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| expedition | a journey made for a special purpose |
| conquistador | conqueror |
| slavery | the practice of owning people and forcing them to work without pay |
| colony | a settlement of people who have moved to another country but are still ruled by their home country |
| mission | a settlement where religion is taught |
| presidios | Spanish military forts |
| villas | A Spanish town |
| vaqueros | Spanish cowboys |
| quinceañera | a Hispanic celebration that a girl might have on her 15th birthday to mark the transition from childhood to adult status. |
| revolution | the overthrow of one government and its replacement with another |
| viceroy | A person who rules a country as a representative of his king and is empowered to act in the king's name |
| frontier | where settled land ended and where American Indian land began |
| empresario | a land agent who recruits new settlers, divides up property, and keeps the law |
| militia | volunteer soldiers |
| immigrant | a person who moves to a new country |
| Cash crops | crops grown to sell at a market |
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