| A | B |
|---|
| Depression | a period of high unemployment |
| survey | to measure for size and boundary |
| title | a legal right to the possesion of property |
| Empresario | the spanish word for contractor |
| militia | a group of citizens acting as a military force |
| federal | a government where power power is divided between two states |
| department | a land division between Texas |
| dowry | the money, property, and goods a bride gives to her husband |
| forage | to wonder in search of food |
| artifact | an object made or altered by humans |
| prehistory | the period of time before writing was invented |
| nomad | a member of a group that wonders from place to place |
| confederacy | a union of peoples or groups |
| adobe | building material made of dried earth and straw |
| shaman | a person who is believed to have special powers |
| assimilate | to blend into another culture |
| mission | a religious settlement |
| friar | a member of a catholic religious order |
| conquistador | a leader in the spanish conquest |
| viceroy | the governor of a region who represents the monarch |
