England in the New World - Vocabulary

What is the Northwest Passage?

• A way for ships to get from Europe to the Pacific Ocean across the top of North America.

• A secret hide out for voyagers.

• A way to send a message.

• A piece of land.

What does it mean to colonize?

• To gather in a group.

• To build cities in a new land for your government.

• Allow ships to pass through a passage.

• To have land.

What does the word native mean?

• To set out on an exploration.

• A long voyage. across the ocean.

• To build cities in a new land.

• The people who originally lived in a land.

What does the word Conquistadors mean?

• A Spanish word for people who were sent out by their government to obtain land by conquering the people.

• To win a battle.

• To build a city.

• To spread the word about a specific religion.

A person who travels to unknown places usually in search of something valuable or rare like gold, silk and jewels.

• Expedition

• Explorer

• Navigator

• Sponsor

Any large area of land

• The New World

• Colony

• Territory

• Settlement

The name that is sometimes used for North and South America

• Continents

• New World

• New England

• Territory

Lands that are settled and ruled by people from another country

• Settlement

• Colony

• Expedition

• Sponsor

A place where a group of people live

• Colony

• Native

• Settlement

• New World

A journey made for a special purpose

• explore

• expedition

• mutiny

• boundary