| A | B |
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| longitude | imaginary lines that run in a north-south direction |
| meridian | lines of longitude |
| grid | set of crossing lines |
| latitude | imaginary lines that circle the earth in an east-west direction |
| conquistador | Spanish conqueror |
| Columbian Exchange | movement of people, animals, diseases, and ways of life between Eastern and Western Hemispheres |
| colony | a settlement far from the country that rules it |
| expedition | a journey made for a special purpose |
| convert | to change |
| plantations | large farms with many workers who lived on the land they worked |
| conquest | the capture or taking of something by forece |
| ally | a friend who will help in a fight |
| missionary | a person who teaches his or her religion to others |
| society | group of people forming a community |
| mission | religious settlement where missionaries live and work |
| colonist | a person who lives in a colony |
| encomienda | granted a peninsulare control of all the native peoples who lived in an area |
