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1st Mexican Amer
1st Mexican American Immigrants - never left home
Term | Definition |
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immigrant | a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. |
indigenous | originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native. |
reside | where a person lives. |
traditional | long established ways of doing things or celebrations. |
colonization | act or process of settling & establishing control over indigenous people in an area. |
mestizos | a person of mixed race (Spanish and Indigenous descent). |
cultivate | prepare and use land for crops or gardening; acquire or develop a quality or skill. |
quarrel | a heated argument or disagreement, usually a trivial (small) issue between people who are on "good terms" with each other. |
independent | free from outside control. |
dominant | most important, powerful, or influential. |
influence | capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something. |
hostile | unfriendly; confrontational. |