| A | B |
|---|
| Plantation | large farm that usually produces one crop to be sold |
| Adobe | a building material made of earth and straw |
| terraces | leveled off strips of land |
| Tenochititlan | capital of the aztec empire |
| urban | city |
| rural | country |
| apprentice | trainee |
| indigo | plant that produces blue dye |
| patroons | land owners |
| constitution | plan of government |
| commonwealth | self governing political unit |
| pilgrims | travelers with a religious goal |
| royal colony | colony under control of the king |
| mestizos | people of mixed spanish and native american decent |
| peninsulares | people born in spain |
| pueblos | towns |
| missions | religious communities |
| presidio | fort |
| nahuatal | language of the aztec |
| conquistador | spanish conqueror |
| strait | a narrow channel of water |
| enslaved person | person forced to serve another person in ways decided by the slave holder |
| caravel | sturdy ship |
| navigation | science of piloting ships |
| Renaissance | middle ages |
| serfs | landless peasants |
| monarchs | kings and queens |
| hieroglyphs | symbols or pictures |
| tepes | cone shaped tents |
| shamans | religious leaders |
