| A | B |
| plaza | public square in Latin American city around which governmental buildings and major churches were built |
| vaquero | Mexican cowhand |
| maquiladora | foreign-owned factory in Mexico where workers assemble parts made in other countries |
| subsistence farm | small plot of land on which a farmer grows only enough food to feed his / her family |
| plantation | large farm |
| migrant worker | person who earns a living by temporarily moving to a place separate from his or her home in order to work |
| literacy rate | percentage of people who can read and write |
| command economy | one in which the communist government decides how resources are used and what goods and services are produced |