| A | B |
|---|
| feudalism | system of urle by loard who owe loyalty to a king |
| serfs | peasants bound to the land for life |
| manor | lord's castle, surrounding villages, peasants' huts |
| magnetic compass | tool with needle always pointing north |
| astrolabe | sailors measured the positons of the stars to figure out latitude at sea |
| caravel | new ship with a sail |
| colony | group of people who settle in a distant land |
| conquistadors | conquerors |
| pueblo | town that were centers of farming and trade |
| Presidios | forts with high adobe walls where soldiers lived |
| Missions | religious settlements run by Catholic Priests and Friars |
| peninsulares | top of social sclae sent by spanish gov't |
| creoles | people born in the America's to Spanish parents |
| mestizos | mix of Spanish and Indian |
| encomiendas | right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans living on land |
| norhtwest passage | waterway through or around N. America |
| coureurs de bois | runners fo the woods |
| charter | legal document giving rights to person or company |
| Representative government | voters elect representatives to makes laws for them |
| burgesses | representatives |
