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Spanish Missions
Spanish Missions Vocabulary
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Social Studies
4th Grade
04/24/2012

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Term
Tallow
Definition
Animal fat used to make soap and candles.
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Vaquero
Definition
A cowhand.
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Labor
Definition
Work.
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Fiesta
Definition
A party.
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Independence
Definition
Freedom.
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Land grant
Definition

A gift of land given by the goverment. 

 

Term
Criollo
Definition
A person born of Spanish parents in Mexico.
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Diseno
Definition
A hand-drawn map that shows the boundaries of a land grant.
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Mestizo
Definition
A person of both European and Indian heritage who lived in Mexico or another part of New Spain.
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Rancho
Definition
A cattle ranch.
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Californio
Definition
The name that the Spanish-speaking people of Alta California called themselves.
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Hacienda
Definition
The main house on a rancho.
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Secularization
Definition
The end of church rule of the missions.
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Barter
Definition
To trade one kind of item for another, usually without exchanging money.
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Missions
Definition
Series of religious and military outposts established by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order.
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Priests
Definition
A person authorized to perform the sacred rutuals of a religion.
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Indian
Definition
 A Native North, South, or Central American indian.
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Church
Definition
Building for people studying Christianity.
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Baptism
Definition
A person is named as well as being accepted into the Christian faith.
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