Mexico Unit Vocabulary

Question 1

Amerindian

Answer 1

General term for indigenous peoples of North America

Question 2

Anathema

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A curse from a religious authority that denounced something

Question 3

Aqueduct

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A pipe or channel for moving water to a lower level, often across a great distance

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Autonomy

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Political independence and self-government

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Aviary

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An enclosure or large cage where birds are kept

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Caste System

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Any social system that divides people into classes according to their rank, wealth, profession, or birth

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Causeway

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A road or path with a paved or cobbled surface

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Cavalry

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The part of the army made up of soldiers trained to fight on horseback

Question 9

Compulsory

Answer 9

Required by law or an authority

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Conscription

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Mandatory enrollment of citizens for a period of service, usually in the armed forces

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Democratic

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Free and equal participation in government by all members or in the decision-making process of an organization or group

Question 12

Disciple

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Someone who strongly believes in the teaching of a leader

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Domesticate

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To cultivate plants or raise animals, selectively breeding them to increase their suitability for human requirements

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Duress

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The use of forces or threats to make someone do something

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Embezzle

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To take for personal use money or property that has been given on trust by others, without their knowledge or permission

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Flay

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To remove the skin or outer covering from someone or something

Question 17

Garrison

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A body of troops stationed at a military post

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Hereditary

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Handed down through generations by inheritance

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Hierarchy

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An organization whose members are arranged in ranks of power and seniority

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Mercenary

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A professional soldier paid to fight for an army other than that of his country

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Merit

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Proven ability or accomplishment

Question 22

Millennia

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A period of one thousand years

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Noblesse oblige

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The idea that people born into the upper class must behave in an honorable and generous way towards those less privileged

Question 24

Opulence

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Luxury, especially of an extravagant, showy and vulgar nature

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Pre-Columbian

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Relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus

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Pulque

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A thick alcoholic drink made from the sap of an agave plant

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Puritanical

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Adhering to strict moral it religious principles

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Rural

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Relating to, characteristics of, or involved farming

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Sharecropper

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A tenant farmer who farms land for the owner and is paid a share of the value of the collected crop

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Sedentary

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Remaining in the same area throughout the year

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Sovereignty

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Supreme authority, especially over a state or nation

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Squatter

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Someone who occupies property or land illegally

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Staple

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A food that forms the basis of a diet of the people of a particular country or region

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Totalitarian

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Relating to or operating a centralized government system in which a single party without opposition rules over a political, economic, social, and cultural life

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Tribute

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A payment made by one ruler or state to another as a sign of submission

Question 36

Urban

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Relating to or belonging to a city