| Term | Definition |
| haciendas | Spanish word for estate |
| presidio | Spanish fort |
| almanac | a reference book with facts about many things |
| trading post | a place established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in excahnge for supplies, clothing, other goods, or cash |
| backcountry | a sparsely inhabited rural region |
| irrelevant | NOT relevant; not applicable or pertinent |
| irresponsible | NOT responsible |
| irregular | Not regular; out of the norm |
| excerpts | passages or segments taken from a longer work |
| exits | the acts of going away or out; a passage or way out |