the midday meal: merienda de mediodía
mexicans with a blend of indigenous and spanish heritage:mestizo
a style of traditional mexican music: mariachi
mesoamerican version of corn: maize
First Zhou rulers believed that when someone overthrows a dynasty, the loser loses the dynasty and the winner is now in control. So when they overthrew the Shang, the Shang has lost china (dynasty) and the Zhous are now in control of the Dynasty.
C: confederal
Because if you think about the southern states called them selves the confederates in the civil war
Increase defense spending is your answer
The Indians or other Puritans i believe