CFad SS6 Topic 3 Vocabulary Lessons 1-4

To rule or have power

• Observatories

• Peninsulares

• Dominate

• Conquistadors

A bowl-shaped area

• Dike

• Basin

• Aqueducts

• Quetzal

Spanish explorers who conquered territory

• Conquistadors

• Mestizoes

• Peninsulares

• Descendants

People of African and European descent, the lowest Social Group

• Mestizos

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mulattoes

Europeans people born in Spain, the top Social Group

• Mestizos

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mulattoes

American-born descendants of Spanish settlers, the middle Social Group

• Mestizos

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mulattoes

People of mixed American Indian and European descent, the lowest Social Group

• Mestizos

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mulattoes

The agreement for Mexico to give the US one-third of its territory

• Encomienda System

• Mexican Revolution

• Mexican Cession

• Columbian Exchange

To have as a source, originate

• Descendants

• Dike

• Chinampas

• Nationalize

A grant from the Spanish government giving a colonist the right to demand labor or tribute from nearby American Indians

• Columbian Exchange

• Observatories

• Encomienda System

• Nationalize