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| mercenary | n. one that serves merely for wages; especially : a soldier hired into foreign service |
| rural | adj. of or relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture |
| agrarian | adj. of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure 2. a : of, relating to, or characteristic of farmers or their way of life <agrarian values> b : organized or designed to promote agricultural interests |
| indigenous | adj. having originated in and being produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment |
| colonial | adj. control by one power over a dependent area or people b : a policy advocating or based on such control |
| conquistador | n. one that conquers; specifically : a leader in the Spanish conquest of America and especially of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century |
| quipu | n. a device made of a main cord with smaller varicolored cords attached and knotted and used by the ancient Peruvians (as for calculating |
| maize | n. corn |
| cargo | imported modern technology |
| hierogliphics | : a system of ancient writing; specifically : the picture script of the ancient Egyptian priesthood |
| aqueduct | n. a : a conduit for water; especially : one for carrying a large quantity of flowing water b : a structure for conveying a canal over a river or hollow |
| mestizo | n. : a person of mixed blood; specifically : a person of mixed European and American Indian ancestry |
| treaty | n. : an agreement or arrangement made by negotiation |
| Jeusuit | n. : a member of the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in 1534 and devoted to missionary and educational work |
| sedentary | adj. : not migratory : settled |
| hunter-gatherer | n. a member of a culture in which food is obtained by hunting, fishing, and foraging rather than by agriculture or animal husbandry |
| megaphaunal | adj. 1 : animals (as bears, bison, or mammoths) of particularly large size 2.fauna consisting of individuals large enough to be visible to the naked eye |
| prehistory | history that predates traceable oral or writen history; prehistoric |
