| A | B |
|---|
| Commonwealth | Not independent, not a state |
| New Progressive Party | Supports PR becoming 51st state |
| Popular Democratic Party | Supports PR's current status |
| Puerto Rican Independent Party | Supports PR's complete independence |
| Luis Muñoz Marín | PR's first democratically elected governor |
| Luis Fortuño | PR's current governor |
| El Yunque | PR's rainforest |
| Jones Act | Granted American Citizenship to all Puerto Ricans |
| Grito de Lares | An revolt by the people against Spanish rule |
| San Juan | The capital |
| Nuyorican | A Puerto Rican who is from New York |
| El Morro | Spanish constructed fort that protects San Juan |
| Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party | Newest PR political party |
| Operation Bootstrap | A gov't directed effort to industrialize PR |
| Vieques | An island used to test military equipment |
| Borikén | The original name of the island from the Taínos |
| Boricua | What the Puerto Ricans refer to themselves as |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Puerto Rican Supreme Court Justice |
