| A | B |
|---|
| make their fortune | reason most Spanish people traveled to Latin America |
| New Spain | what the Spanish Colonies in North America were called |
| convert Indians to Christianity | goal of the King of Spain for Latin America |
| work the farm or mines | Indians role in the encomienda system |
| disease | leading cause of death for Indians in Spanish colonies |
| missions | settlements to convert Indians to Christianity |
| Bartolome de las Casas | appointed "Protector of Indians" in 1516 |
| Brazilwood | inportant early export for Portuguese colonists |
| captaincies | what Portuguese colonies were called |
| citizen revolutions in United States and France | events that led to Latin America trying to win freedom |
| West African slaves | replaced Indians workers who died from disease |
| peninsulares | important leaders in the Latin American colonies |
| Indian and African slaves | lowest class in Latin American society |
| Juana Ines de la Cruz | wrote about religion and social issues |
| haciendas | replaced land grants |
| large ranch or plantation | a Spanish colony hacienda |
| earned low wages | reason many Indians went into debt |
| division among social classes | main cause of problems in Latin America |
| Tupac Amaru II | led uprising against Spanish in Latin America |
| monopoly | created to keep Spanish colonies from trading with others |
| creoles | descendants of Spanish peninsulares |
| mestizos | colonists that were part Spanish and part Indian |
| mulattoes | colonists that were part Spanish and part African |
| social class | division of society in which groups share some characteristics |
| viceroyalties | political division within Spanish Latin American colonies |
