European Exploration & Settlement Vocabulary

A period of cultural and biological exchanges between the New and Old World was known as

• Civil War
• Columbian Exchange
• Columbus Voyage
• Spanish Inquisition

America was first known as the ______________ to Europeans. 

• United States
• New World
• Atlanta
• Canada

What is the Spanish word for conqueror?

• technology
• conquistador
• settlement
• circumnavigate

a document giving permission to a group to do something

• armada

• charter

• pilgrim

• tolerance

A settlement far from the country that it rules 

• expedition
• economics
• colony
• monarch

A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others

• caravel

• missionary

• explore

• colony

A land controlled by another nation

• caravel

• missionary

• explore

• colony

A Spanish conqueror of the Americas

• economics

• exploration

• colonize

• conquistador

A cash crop is harvested for what purpose?

• To feed the farmer's family

• To sell for profit

• To feed the farmer's livestock

• To trade with Native Americans

This policy holds that nations gain power by acquiring wealth and colonies.

• Protestantism

• Mercantilism

• Charter

• Conquistador