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Nation-state
The form of political society that combines centralized government with a high degree of ethnic and cultural unity
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Matrilinear
The form of society in which family line, power, and wealth are passed primarily though the female side
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Confederacy
An alliance or league of nations or people looser than a federation
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Primeval
Concerning the earliest origin of things
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Saga
A lengthy story or poem recounting the great deeds and adventures of a people and their heroes.
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Middlemen
IN trading systems, those dealers who operate between the original buyers and the retail merchants who sell to consumers
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Caravel
A small vessel with a high deck and three triangular sails
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Plantation
A large-scale agricultural Enterprise growing commercial crops and usually employing coerced or slave labor
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Ecosystem
A naturally evolved network of relations among organisms in a stable environment
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Demographic
Concerning the general characteristics of a given population, including such factors as numbers, age, gender, birth and death rates and so on.
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Conquistador(es)
A spanish Conqueror or adventurer in the americas
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Capitalism
An economic system characterized by private property, free trade, and open and accessible markets
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Encomienda
The spanish labor system in which persons were held to unpaid service under the permanent control of their masters, though not legally owned by them.
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Mestizo
A person of mixed Native American and European ancestry
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Province
A medium-sized subunit of territory and gorvernmental administration within a larger nation or empire
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