Chapter 4 Vocabulary

A group of people forming a community

• society

• mission

• colony

• encomienda

a religious settlement where missionaries live and work

• colony

• encomienda

• mission

• plantation

to change one's beliefs

• conquistator

• expedition

• mission

• convert

a Spanish conqueror

• soldier

• encomienda

• conquistador

• warrior

a person who spreads his or her religious beliefs

• missionary

• encomienda

• convert

• protestant

a journey made for a special purpose

• crusade

• expedition

• journey

• encomienda

a friend who will help you in a fight

• conquest

• alliance

• ally

• community

a settlement far from the country that rules it

• expedition

• colony

• society

• village

A movement of people, animals, plants, diseases, and ways of life between the Eastern and Western hemispheres

• Columbian Exchange

• Polo Travels

• Silk Road Exchange

• African Trade Routes

a large farm with workers who live on the land they work

• plantation

• farm

• encomienda

• mission