| A | B |
|---|
| conquistador | Spanish conquerer |
| mestizo | person of mixed Spanish and Native American descent |
| borderland | land along the edge of a territory |
| viceroy | governor in charge of part of the Spanish empire |
| pueblo | Spanish town, center for trade |
| mission | religious community made up of a town, farmland, and a church |
| presidio | fort usually near a mission |
| peninsulare | person born in Spain, highest position in Spanish society |
| creole | person born in America but has Spanish parents |
