Exploration & Colonzation Vocab

Sail or travel all the way around the world.

• exploration

• traverse

• Silk Road

• circumnavigate

A Spanish conqueror who first came to the Americas during the 1500s

• Explorador

• Conquistador

• Moctezuma II

• La Malinche

A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others

• caravel

• missionary

• explore

• colony

Northwest Passage: an all ​ (a)   _ route through or around North America.​

• water
• land
• sky

What continents are in the New World?

• North America

• South America

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

What continents are in the Old World?

• North America

• South America

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

Which of the following is the definition of the "Columbian Exchange"?

• an exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.

• a labor system where a person is bound by a contract to work for another for a specified time, especially in return for payment of travel expenses

• an instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets

Tags

7.2

7.2.a

7.2.b

A system created by rich Europeans that turns raw materials from colonies into finished products that are sold to make money for the mother country.

• imperialism

• colonization

• mercantilism

• smallpox

A cash crop is harvested for what purpose?

• To feed the farmer's family

• To sell for profit

• To feed the farmer's livestock

• To trade with Native Americans

people who are believed to be the first people to settle an area

• culture

• colonialism

• indigenous

• economy