| A | B |
|---|
| conquistador | a Spanish conqueror of the Americas in the 16th century |
| siege | the surrounding and blockading of a town by an army intent on capturing it |
| civil war | a war between different regions of one country |
| viceroy | a governor of a country or colony who rules as the representative of a king or queen |
| plantation | a large estate or farm |
| encomienda | the right granted by the king to certain Spanish colonists to force the Native americans to work for them |
| encomenderos | Portuguese colonists who were granted encomiendas |
| emigrate | to leave one country or region to settle in another |
| ally | a country or group that is united with another for a common purpose |
| enslaved | made into a slave and treated as property |
| import | to bring goods from a foreign country |
