| A | B |
|---|
| heliocentric | means "centered around the Sun" |
| geocentric | means "centered around the Earth" |
| strait | a narrow waterway connecting two larger bodies of water |
| caravel | a Portuguese ship that allowed sailors to sail into the wind |
| plantations | large farms in the West Indies where sugarcane was grown |
| hacienda | the Spanish word for a large area of land used for agriculture |
| aborigine | the original people who lived in Australia |
| convict | a person found guilty of committing a crime |
| emancipees | people who have been freed from their criminal sentence |
| credibility | Someone who cannot be believed has lost his/her |
| sugarcane | a tall grass with a thick, woody stem grown in the hot climate of the West Indies |
