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The Ancient World 04
"5th Grade-Life in New Spain"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| society | group of people forming a community |
| encomienda | granted a peninsulare control of all of the native peoples who lived on an area of land |
| plantation | large farms with many workers who lived on the land they worked |
| missionary | person who teaches his or her religion to people of different beliefs |
| mission | religious settlement where missionaries live and work |
| peninsulares | people born in Spain |
| creoles | people of Spanish background who were born in the Americas |
| mestizo | a person with Indian and Spanish background |
| Hernando de Soto | first European to reach the Mississippi river |
| Esteban | African Sailor who traveled throughout Southwest region |
| Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca | Spanish explorer who explored what is now Texas |
| Francisco Vasquez de Coronado | explored the Southwest in 1540 |
| Juan Ponce de Leon | Spanish explorer who was the first to set foot in Florida |
| Bartolome de Las Casas | a priest that led the movement to end the enslavement of native peoples in New Spain |