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apush terms 14-25

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Inquisition   A religious judicial institution designed to find and eliminate beliefs that did not align with official Catholic practices. The Spanish Inquisition was first established in 1478.  
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mariners   A term for sailors.  
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Maya   People who established large cities on the Yucatán peninsula with strong irrigation and agricultural techniques. The Maya civilization was strongest between 300 and 800 C.E.  
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missionaries   People who travel to foreign lands with the goal of converting those they meet and interact with to a new religion.  
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mission system   System established by the Spanish in 1573 in which missionaries, rather than soldiers, directed all new settlements in the Americas.  
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Pueblo   American Indian peoples who lived in present-day New Mexico and Arizona and built permanent multi-story adobe dwellings.  
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Renaissance   The cultural and intellectual flowering that began in fifteenth-century Italy and then spread north throughout the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. During this time, European rulers pushed for greater political unification of their states.  
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requerimiento   A legal document issued by the Spanish crown in 1513 to justify the Spanish conquest of territory in the Americas.  
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Spanish caste system   A system developed by the Spanish in the sixteenth century that defined the status of diverse populations based on a racial hierarchy that privileged Europeans.  
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staple crops   Crops that are frequently planted and eaten, and therefore a central part of one's diet.  
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Tenochtitlán   Capital city of the Aztec Empire.  
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tribute   The exchange of goods or services in return for protection, frequently used as a method of control or exploitation in colonies and territories.  
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