European Exploration Vocabulary

A group of people who settle in a new place, but are still part of their home country.

• Conquistador

• Explorer

• Colony

• navigator

A person who directs the routes on expeditions

• conquistador

• Explorer

• Colony

• navigator

Spanish explorers who conquered lands for Spain.

• conquistadors

• explorers

• colony

• navigator

What the Europeans called North and South America because they didn't know they existed before.

• Northwest Passage

• Old World

• Indigenous

• New World

The name of the water route Europeans believed that went through North America to the Pacific Ocean which would lead them to Asia.

• Northwest Passage

• Old World

• Indigenous

• New World

Europe, Asia, and India are referred to as this when learning about exploration of the Americas.

• Northwest passage

• Old World

• Indigenous

• New World

Originating or occurring natural in a place

• Northwest Passage

• Old World

• Indigenous

• New World

To state or demand that something belongs to you.

• Cultural Diffusion

• Columbian Exchange

• Convert

• Claim

To change from one thing to another.

• cultural diffusion

• Columbian exchange

• claim

• convert

When two cultures interact and merge together.

• cultural diffusion

• Columbian Exchange

• claim

• convert