European Explorers Vocabulary Words

Goods carried by a ship, airplane, truck, or other vehicle is called ________________.

• Colony

• Cargo

• Navigator

• Voyage

Lands settled and ruled by people from another country is called a ____________.

• Cargo

• Voyage

• Colony

• Native

A journey or voyage taken by a group of people with a goal or purpose in mind is called an____________________.

• Navigator

• New World

• Settlement

• Expedition

A person who travels to unknown places usually in search of something valuable or rare like gold, silk, and jewels is an _________________.

• Explorer

• Sponsor

• Territory

• Vessel

A person who was born in the country in which she or he currently lives is called a __________.

• Vessel

• Territory

• Native

• New World

The person in charge of plotting and directing the course of a ship is called a _______________.

• Expedition

• Vessel

• Settlement

• Navigator

The name sometimes used for North and South America is called _______ ___________.

• Native

• Navigator

• New World

• Old World

A place where a group of people live is called a _______________.

• cargo

• sponsor

• voyage

• settlement

A person, country, or business that agrees to pay for a project or activity in exchange for new information, land, or valuables is called a __________.

• Navigator

• Sponsor

• New World

• Vessel

___________ is any large area of land.

• cargo

• vessel

• native

• territory