| A | B |
|---|
| creoles | people of Spanish descent born in the colonies |
| mestizos | people of mixed Spanish and Native American descent |
| missions | settlements that included a church, a town, and farmlands |
| goal of missions | to convert Native Americans to Christianity |
| encomienda | a grant of Native American labor |
| hacienda | large Spanish estates that later become plantations |
| Bartolome de Las Casas | Catholic priest who fought against abuse of Native Americans |
| slavery | practice of holding a person in bondage for labor |
| African Diaspora | forced removal of Africans to Americas |
| Middle Passage | voyage of slave ships from Africa to the Americas |
| Triangular Trade | Trade route from Europe to Africa to the Americas |
| racism | the belief that some people are inferior because of their race |
| Columbian Exchange | movement of living things between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres |
| small pox, measles, and influenza | germs that spread to the Americas |
| 20 million | the number of Native Americans killed by European diseases |
