| A | B |
|---|
| raw material | a resource that can be used to make a product |
| stock | a share of ownership in a business; animals raised for food |
| cash crop | a crop that people raise to sell rather than to use themselves |
| legislature | the lawmaking branch of government |
| pilgrim | a person who makes a journey for religious reasons |
| compact | an agreement |
| majority rule | the political idea that the majority of an organized group should have the power to make the decisions for the whole group; half +1 |
| colonist | a person who lives in a land ruled by a distant country |
| buffer zone | an area of land that serves as a barrier |
| presidio | a Spanish fort |
| hacienda | a large estate where cattle and sheep are raised |
| self-sufficient | able to rpovide for one's own needs without help |
| missionary | a person sent out by a church to spread its religion |
| civil war | a war between two groups in the same country |
| plantation | a huge farm |
