Portuguese-America Terms monoeconomy (monoculture) an economy depending heavily upon one resource, export, or product in order to bring in money

y patrimonialism a system of rule in which the owner of a piece of land rules over all who reside on his property Aldeias native villages ruled by Portuguese religious leaders, source of native slave labor Quilombos settlements of runaway slaves Jesuits Catholics who spread their faith and also defended native slaves against Portuguese monarchy Captains-General commanders-in-chief of the Portuguese army in the new territory Reinois white Europeans who later came to Portuguese America Mazombos white people born in Portuguese America Mestizos people of European-Indian parentage Mulattoes people of European-African parentage