Chapter 5 - The Age of Contact

A scientist who studies objects (artifacts) that people in the past left behind.

• Archaeologist

• Conquistador

• Presidio

• Viceroy

Spanish explorer who searched for wealth in the Americas.

• Archaeologist

• Conquistador

• Presidio

• Viceroy

A military post or guarded settlement in an area under Spanish control.

• Archaeologist

• Conquistador

• Presidio

• Viceroy

Spanish official appointed to rule land claimed by Spain in the New World.

• Archaeologist

• Conquistador

• Presidio

• Viceroy

State-sponsored settlement of people to new territories

• Colonization

• Columbian exchange

• Epidemics

• Exploration

The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas.

• Colonization

• Columbian exchange

• Epidemics

• Exploration

Widespread outbreaks of diseases that killed thousands of American Indians.

• Colonization

• Columbia exchange

• Epidemics

• Exploration

Travel undertaken in order to discover new resources

• Colonization

• Columbia exchange

• Epidemics

• Exploration

A journey undertaken by a group of people.

• Expedition

• Mission

A settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people in the area. They were usually run by missionaries or Friars.

• Expedition

• Mission