AP Study Notes – APUSH Chap. 1 – Flashcards
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Saga
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A lengthy story or poem recounting the great deeds and adventures of a people and their heroes
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Middlemen
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In trading systems, those dealers who operate between the original buyers and the retail merchants who sell to consumers
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Caravel
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A small vessel with a high deck and three triangular sails
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Plantation
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A large-scale agricultural enterprise growing commercial crop and usually employing coerced or slave labor
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Ecosystem
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A naturally evolved network of relations among organisms in a stable environment
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Demographic
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Concerning the general characteristic of a given population, including such factors as numbers, age, gender, birth and death rates, and so on
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Conquistador
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A Spanish conqueror or adventurer in the Americas
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Capitalism
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An economic system characterized by private property, generally free trade, and open and accessible markets
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Encomienda
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Spanish labor system in which persons were helped to unpaid service under the permanent control of their masters, though not legally owned by them
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Mestizo
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A person of mixed Native American and European ancestry
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Province
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A medium sized sub-unit of territory and governmental administration within a larger nation or empire
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