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4- Chp 3 SS Test Voc
Savvas Chp3 Vocab 4th Grade Social Studies
Question | Answer |
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Colony | Land controlled by another nation |
Settler | |
Convert | To change from one religion to another. Spain wanted to convert California Indians to the religion, Roman Catholic Christianity |
Missions | A kind of settlement with the goal of spreading a religion |
Franciscans | Order or religious group that Junipero Serra belong to |
Pueblos | Small towns built by the Spanish |
Presidios | Military forts built to protect missions and pueblos from foreigners and CA Indians who resisted |
Pastoral economy | Economy based on raising animals |
Subjects | A person who is ruled by a king or queen, the Spanish officials wanted to turn CA Indians into loyal Spanish subjects |
Indigenous | Native culture |
Kinship | Relationship, the Indians may have used a Catholic form of kinship known as compadrazgo |
Independence | Freedom |
Revolt | Violent attack against people in power |
Republic | Different form of government that is run by elected leaders |
Secularize | Take the missions away from religious control |
Land grant | An official document that gave a person the right to own land |
Californios | People that descended from Spanish settlers |
Ranchos | Large areas of land used for raising cattle, sheep, and horses. Ranchos were owned by Californios |
Commerce | Business |