Unit 3: Exploration and Early Colonization of Texas Vocab Quiz

a spanish soldeir-explorer who sought personal riches/power, as well as wealth and glory for Spain, in the conquest of the Americas

• Conquistador

• Viceroy

• Presidio

• Mission

a journey undertaken by a group of people

• Viceroy

• Colonization

• Exploration

• Expedition

travel undertaken in order discover new resources

• Exploration

• Mission

• Presidio

• Colonization

an official who rules in the name of the king/queen

• Presidio

• Conquistador

• Viceroy

• Exploration

a religious settlement

• Presidio

• Mission

• Colonization

• Viceroy

a military outpost/fort

• Presidio

• Mission

• Colonization

• Viceroy

a settlement of people to a new territory (to take control of new land)

• Exploration

• Mission

• Expedition

• Colonization

a district of a colony or country (similar to a state)

• Province

• Viceroy

• Presidio

• Mission