| A | B |
|---|
| presidio | Spanish fort in the Americas built to protect missions |
| encomienda | a system of rewarding conquistadorswith land |
| viceroy | person who rules a country or province as the representative of the monarch |
| tribute | money paid for protection |
| mission | religious settlement |
| conquistador | Spaish explorers in the Americas |
| pueblo | homes built by Native Americans |
| plantation | a large estate run by an owner or manager |
| Cortes | destroyed the Aztec empire in Tenochtitlan |
| Ponce de Leon | was looking for gold and a fountain of youth |
| Pizzaro | destroyed the Inca empire in South America |
| Hernando de Soto | led an expedition around southeastern US for gold |
| Cabeza de Vaca | was part of an expedition for gold. He survived by adopting Native American ways. Arrived in Mexico |
| Bartolome de las Casas | priest who reported abuses of the Native Americans |
| cash crops | crops that sold easily |
| backcountry | near Appalachian Mountains. |
| slave codes | laws that governed slaves |
| shipbuilding | important New England industry |
| diversity | cultured variety |
| Martin Luther | German priest who protested against the Catholic Church and started the Protestant Reformation. |
| Henry VIII | Left the Catholic Church when the pope refused to give him a divorce |
| John Calvin | French priest who believed the God had chosen those who would be saved. |
| Northwest Passage | a direct water route through the Americas |
| Half Moon | The ship Henry Hudson sailed |
| coureurs be bois | fur trappers |
| mercantilism | economic theory that a nation's power was based on it wealth |
