Lesson: 2 - European Exploration and Settlement Vocab

convert

• a person who travels to a territory or community in order to make converts to his or her religion

• a new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land

• to change a person’s religious beliefs so they accept a different or new religion

• a violent action in opposition to a government or law

revolt

• a person who travels to a territory or community in order to make converts to his or her religion

• a new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land

• to change a person’s religious beliefs so they accept a different or new religion

• a violent action in opposition to a government or law

missionaries

• a person who travels to a territory or community in order to make converts to his or her religion

• a new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land

• to change a person’s religious beliefs so they accept a different or new religion

• a violent action in opposition to a government or law

colony

• a person who travels to a territory or community in order to make converts to his or her religion

• a new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land

• to change a person’s religious beliefs so they accept a different or new religion

• a violent action in opposition to a government or law

impact

• a specialized method used to achieve a desired result

• a new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land

• to change a person’s religious beliefs so they accept a different or new religion

• to have a direct effect on a person or thing

techniques

• a specialized method used to achieve a desired result

• French fur trappers who learned many skills from the American Indians with whom they worked and lived

• the treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved.

• to have a direct effect on a person or thing

coureurs de bois

• a specialized method used to achieve a desired result

• French fur trappers who learned many skills from the American Indians with whom they worked and lived

• the treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved.

• to have a direct effect on a person or thing

slavery

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

• French fur trappers who learned many skills from the American Indians with whom they worked and lived

• the treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved.

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

Columbian Exchange

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

• French fur trappers who learned many skills from the American Indians with whom they worked and lived

• the treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved.

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

domesticated

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

• French fur trappers who learned many skills from the American Indians with whom they worked and lived

• Spanish soldier-explorers, especially those who conquered the native peoples of Mexico and Peru

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