European Colonization

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

• Province
• District
• Region
• Colony

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

• Triangle Trade
• Transatlantic Trade
• Silk Road Exchange
• Columbian Exchange

Spanish soldiers who accompanied ship captains and merchants in the Americas. These soldiers took land and resources from the Indigenous people of Mexico and Peru, usually by violent means.

• Colonizadores
• Misioneros
• Exploradores
• Conquistadors

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

• Faithfulness
• Rejection
• Conversion
• Indifference

French fur trappers who learned many skills from the Indigenous people with whom they worked and lived

• coureurs des bois
• explorateurs français
• trappeurs de fourrure
• voyageurs

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

• wild species
• endangered animals
• invasive plants
• domesticated species

to have a direct effect on a person or thing

• control
• restrict
• dominate
• Impact

people who travel to a territory or community in order to convert people to their religion

• Pilgrims
• Tourists
• Explorers
• Missionaries

a violent action in opposition to a government or law

• Rebellion
• Revolt

• Protest
• Uprising

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

• slavery
• freedom
• liberation
• indentured servitude