| A | B |
|---|
| Staple | a food that is eaten regularly |
| Surplus | extra; more than needed |
| Conquistador | a Spanish explorer of the early Americas |
| Colonialism | a policy based on control of one country by another |
| Revolution | a period of violent and sweeping change |
| Plantation | a large farm |
| Cash crop | a farm product grown for sale |
| Caudillo | a person who often ruled a Latin American country as a dictator and was generally a high-ranking military officer or a rich man |
| Columbian Exchange | the transfer of plants, animals, and people between Europe, Asia, and Africa on one side and the Americas on the other |
| Feature | a noteworthy characteristic |
| Transform | to change something completely |
