Lesson 2 Vocab: European Exploration

Colony

• a collection of bacteria

• an old settlement that has just gained independence

• a new settlement ruled by another land

• a settlement that trades with a less powerful country

Columbian Exchange

• the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas

• the exchange of weapons between Europeans and Native Americans

• The voyage Christopher Columbus took to the Americas

• The trade of valuable resources between Africa and Asia

Conquistadors

• Mexican combatants

• Spanish soldier-explorers

• Asian conquerors

• African warriors

Convert

• to change a person's religious beliefs

• to change one's diet

• to change someone's culture

• to change someone's habits

Coureurs de bois

• Italian explorers

• French explorers

• A French pastry

• French fur trappers

Domesticated

• plants or animals that live in the water

• plants or animals that live in the wild without human interferance

• plants or animals that live and breed in a human environment; tame

• plants or animals that live on another planet

Impact

• to be useless

• to have a direct effect on a person or thing

• to be unsuccessful at achieving something

• to give something to someone

Missionaries

• a person who travels to convert others to his/her religion

• a soldier who fights to protect their country

• a pacifist who does not like conflict

• a lawmaker who establishes rules for the country

Revolt

• to take over another country

• to take joy in something

• to strictly follow the law

• a violent action in opposition to a government or law

Slavery

• Giving everyone equal rights under the law

• the treatment of people as property

• giving people freedom

• treating others better than you treat yourself