21-22 Exploration Vocabulary

The reason someone takes action or acts a certain way

• exploration

• motivation

• navigation

• obstacle

A thing that blocks one’s way or stands in the way of progress

• exploration

• motivation

• navigation

• obstacle

The act of traveling through an unfamiliar area to learn about it.

• exploration

• motivation

• navigation

• obstacle

The process of science of finding a way from on place to another, especially on a ship

• exploration

• motivation

• navigation

• obstacle

What Europeans called the continents of North America and South America after they found them

• scarce

• accomplishment

• conquistador

• New World

Not easy to find or get

• scarce

• accomplishment

• conquistador

• New World

A soldier during the 16th and 17th centuries who defeated indigenous people in the Americas and took their land for Spain

• scarce

• accomplishment

• conquistador

• New World

An achievement or success

• scarce

• accomplishment

• conquistador

• New World

The process of working together for a common purpose or benefit

• straight

• cooperation

• encounter

• interaction

The act of talking or doing things with other people or things

• straight

• cooperation

• encounter

• interaction