Early Explorer Vocabulary

A Spanish explorer who searched for wealth in the Americas is called a(n)

• conquistador

• mission

• viceroy

• friar

A Spanish official appointed to rule land claimed by Spain in the New World is called a(n)

• Conquistador

• Mission

• Friar

• Viceroy

A military post or guarded settlement in the area under Spanish control is called a(n)

• Mission

• Presidio

• Conquistador

• Viceroy

Traveling through unfamiliar territory in order to learn about it is called

• colonization

• monarch

• exploration

• mission

A group of immigrants who settle in distant location but remain loyal to the mother country is called

• mission

• conquistador

• expedition

• colonization

Members of the Catholic religious order; helped Spain gain America is called a(n)

• Friar

• Conquistador

• Mission

• Presidio

A small attack on a Spanish Mission that was tampered with by poultry was called the

• Mainland

• Chicken Wars

• Mercantilism

• Monarch

Religious outpost; Often first Spanish settlement in the area founded to spread Christianity is a(n)

• Colonization

• Presidio

• Mission

• Expedition

An excursion, journey, or voyage made for a specific purpose is called a(n)

• Expedition

• Mission

• Exploration

• Mercantilism

Obtaining a majority of the world's wealth to become the most powerful state or country is called

• Mercantilism

• Monarch

• Mission

• Presidio