Missions Vocabulary

means conqueror in Spanish

• conquistador
• encomienda
• alcalde
• governor

a land ruled by another country

• presidio
• pueblo
• colony
• mission

a person
who moves to a new area

• governor
• settler
• priest
• convert

a person who travels to an area to teach a religion

• alcalde
• settler
• priest
• missionary

settlement built for people who want to teach a religion

• encomienda
• colony
• mission
• pueblo

to change a religion or belief

• convert
• adobe
• mission
• revolt

brick made of dried clay and straw

• alcalde
• pueblo
• encomienda
• adobe

an uprising against a ruler

• revolt
• mission
• convert
• adobe

military outpost (a fort)

• colony
• mission
• encomienda
• presidio

a person who leads a colony or state

• governor
• alcalde
• settler
• priest