| A | B |
| Latin America | The area south and southeast of the United States |
| Peninsulare | people born in Spain |
| Creoles | spanish people born in Latin America |
| Mestizo | Spanish and Native born people |
| Mulatto | Spanish and African born people |
| Indians | natives born in the Americas |
| Slaves | Africans brought to the Americas |
| mercantilism | colinies exist to benefit the mother country |
| encomienda | Spanish system of forced labor of the Indians |
| viceroy | governor of a Spainish colony |
| Spanish Colonial System | Strict rule used in the Americas |
| Simon Bolivar | Liberator of most of L.A. |
| Jose de San Martin | Leader of Independence movement |
| Toussaint L'Ouveture | freed slave who led Haiti to independence |