Explorer Vocabulary

Conquistadors

• a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

• A Native American linked to Mayans

• An explorer that is of France who conquered Mexico and Peru

Pueblo

• a North American Indian settlement of the Southern US

• a North American Indian settlement of the Eastern US

• a North American Indian settlement of the southwestern US

Encomienda

• land that belongs to colonists who claimed it first

• an estate of land and the inhabiting American Indians formerly granted to Spanish colonists or adventurers in America

• an estate of land that was given to the English colonists

Mission (During the age of Exploration)

• Going out in the world to spread Judaism; the Spanish conquerors

• Going out in the world to spread Islam; the Spanish conquerors

• Going out into the world to spread Christianity; the Spanish conquerors

Plantation

Hernan Cortes

• an explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, opening the way for European exploration and colonization of the Americas.

• a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century.

Christopher Columbus

• a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century.

• an explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, opening the way for European exploration and colonization of the America

Circumnavigate (Age of Exploration)

• sail or travel all the way around

• go around or avoid

• avoid dealing with (something difficult or unpleasant).

Atahualpa

• The last Incan Emperor

• The last Aztec Emperor

• The last Mayan Emperor

Montezuma

• The 9th ruler of the Incan Empire

• The 9th ruler of the Aztec Empire

• The 9th ruler of the Mayan Empire