Unit 9 Vocabulary

During the voyage, he and his men saw many _____ animals they had not experienced before.

• disastrous

• unfamiliar

• humble

Coronado lost the large _____ Spain had given his expedition to find wealth.

• investment

• conquering

• blazed

They sent missionaries to _____ the Native Americans to Christianity.

• trek

• immune

• convert

Someone who is respectful and not thinking they are better than others is _____.

• humble

• method

• immune

They walked along trails that had been _____, or previously marked, by Indian traders.

• blazed

• disastrous

• voyage

Someone who is wild, sometimes violent is _____.

• barbarous

• conquering

• unfamiliar

Sometimes people died, and the expeditions suffered great loss. This was _____.

• immune

• shatter

• disastrous

By the spring of 1542, de Soto was becoming _____, or weakened in courage.

• demoralized

• humble

• barbarous

Ponce de Leon had heard _____ or extremely interesting stories about gold on the island.

• humble

• intriguing

• method

Coquina stone does not crack or _____ when cannonballs hit it.

• blazed

• voyage

• shatter