| Term | Definition |
|---|
| indulgences | a grant by the pope that said you were forgiven of your sins |
| Aztecs | American Indian people dominant in Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century |
| Moctezuma | 5th Aztec emporer |
| Quetzalcóatl | Aztec god |
| Tenochtitlán | Aztec empire |
| Malintzen | Was initially Mayan but became Cortes' mistress and helped convince other tribes to fight against Aztecs |
| Chinampa | A method of Mexican farming of which canals were dug and masses of land were built in lake beds |
| Tribute | payment made periodically by one state or ruler to another |
| Conquistadors | Spanish explorers |
| Conquest | the subjugation and assumption of control of a place or people by use of military force |
| Colonialism | the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically |
| Mestizo | a person that is of European and Indian blood |
| Mulatto | a person that is of black and white blood |
| Criollo | pure Spanish blood born in Spanish colony |
| Middle Passage | the journey the ships took that were bringing over slaves from Africa |
| Import | goods or services brought in from other countries |
| Export | sales of goods or services to other countries |
| Colony | a country or area under political control of another country, occupied by settlers from that country |
| Taxes | an amount of money collected by a government authority. Governments could tax workers' incomes or business profits, and/or could add a tax to the cost of goods, services, and transactions |
| Plantations | An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident laborers |
| Monarch | A king or queen who rules a state or territory usually for life and by hereditary right |
| Joint-Stock Company | An early version of the modern corporation that was organized for activities requiring large amounts of money; moneywas raised by selling shares to investors, who became partners in the business |
| Navy | the branch of a nation's armed services that conducts military operations at sea |
| Raw materials | natural materials used to make finished products |
| manufactured goods | products made from raw materials |
| pirates | a person who attacks and robs ships at sea |
| tariffs | a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports |
| poor laws | a law relating to the support of the poor |
| smuggling | to move goods illegally into or out of a country |
| subsidies | grants of money from the government |
| guilds | associations of craftspeople in a specific industry. Guilds controlled who could join the industry, prices, amounts produced, etc. |
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