colonization
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Eighty percent of the small coastal country's two million people are Catholics, a legacy of Spanish colonisation.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Spain's colonisation of Mexico has become a thorny issue in recent years, prompting calls for an apology and an apparent diplomatic snub.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Spain's colonisation of the Americas has become a thorny issue in recent years.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
But in doing so he has reopened a fierce debate over the colonisation of the New World.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Their first achievement was the colonisation of Australia some 45,000 years ago.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing colonization
Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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Political Geography - Middle School
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