CC 2 Reading 2.1
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| disparate | markedly different; distinct in quality or character
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| Colombian Exchange | the transfer of animals, plants and diseases between Europe and the Americas--the diseases wiped out Indian tribes in the Americas
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| monarchy | government ruled by a king or queen
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| ravage | to destroy; ruin; plunder
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| tenuous | rare, flimsy, slender
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| culture | total way of life by a group of people
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| decimate | to destroy a large part of a group or place; to destroy at least 10 percent
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| Huguenots | French Protestants
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| privateer | an armed private ship commissioned to raid the ships of an enemy
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| encomienda system | Indian slave labor used by the Spanish
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| mission | a place where monks, friars, or priests spread their Catholic Christian beliefs
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| plummet | to fall sharply or abruptly; plunge
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| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded; expressing a command
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| plunder | to rob openly by force; pillage
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| atrocity | the quality or state of being savage, wicked, brutal, or cruel
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| humanitarian | a person who promotes human welfare, social reform, and human rights
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| malice | the intention of doing harm
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| 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)
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| benevolent | kindly; having or showing goodwill
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| subsidize | to aid or furnish with a grant, gift, subsidy, or money
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