| A | B |
| geography | study of the earth and how man uses it |
| missionary | a religious person that teaches their religion |
| mission | a place where religious persons live and teach |
| natural resource | things made by nature and useful to man |
| scarcity | not enough to meet demand |
| culture | the lifestyle of a group of people living in a certain area |
| conquistador | a Spanish soldier |
| government | rules of a society, their execution and monitoringtoring |
| interdependence | the need of 2 bodies to exchange goods |
| history | a record of events over a period of time |
| climate | weather over a period of time |
| revolution | an uprising of citizens against the ruling government |
| aqueduct | a channel that brings water from one place to another |
| causeway | a straight road over water |
| nomad | aperson who wanders from place to place in search of food |
| democracy | rules and rulers of society determined by the vote of the people |
| settlement | a group of people living together in one area |
| presideo | a Spanish fort built to protect settlements |
| apprentice | someonewho works under a master to learn a skill |
| puritan | English religious group which wanted to make the Church of England's services simpler and morals stricter |
| legislature | a group of people who make laws |
| economy | the managing of money earned and spent |
| economics | science that deals with the way in which goods and wealth are produced, distributed and useded, distributed |
| slave | a person who is owner by another pereson and has no freedom at all |