European Explorers Vocabulary

native people; original occupants of an area

• import

• export

• indigenous people

• Hernan Cortes

the act of taking control of a country, city, etc.

• transatlantic

• conquest

• colonization

• cultural diffusion

crossing or reaching across the Atlantic Ocean

• transatlantic

• cultural diffusion

• middle passage

• colonization

a distant territory belonging to or under the control of a nation

• conquest

• Hernan Cortes

• colony

• middle passage

the act of setting up a colony in another country

• Francisco Pizarro

• middle passage

• conquest

• colonization

The spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another

• conquest

• colony

• cultural diffusion

• middle passage

the exchange of people, plants, animals, and diseases between Europe, the Americas, and Africa after Christopher Columbus' voyage.

• colony

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage

• Francisco Pizarro

term used to describe the transatlantic voyage of slaves from Africa to the Americas

• transatlantic

• Hernan Cortes

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage

Known for conquering the Inca Complex Society

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

Known for conquering the Aztec Complex Society

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan