n. An area, region, or country that is controlled and settled by people from another country

Ex: Mexico was once a ______ of Spain.

n. A group of countries or territories under the control of one government or one ruler

Ex. When Spanish explorers came to the New World, they began building a Spanish _______.

n. A special journey taken by a group that has a clear purpose or goal.

Ex. Ponce de León first led an ________ in what is now Florida.

n. A small village

Ex. _______ can be cities, villages, or towns.

v. To take unfair advantage of a person or group

Ex. Pizarro and de Soto went to ______ the people and the riches of Peru.

n. Metal outer covering worn to protect the body in battle

Ex. The Spaniards had tools and ______.

n. Sickness

Ex. The Spaniards brought ________ from Europe to the Native Americans.

n. A serious disease that spreads from person to person and causes a fever and rash.

Ex. One of the diseases the Spaniards brought was __________.

n. One of the first people to settle in a region

Ex. The rivers that flow into the Mississippi were important to the ________ who settled in the American West.

n. a thick forest that gets a lot of rain and has very tall trees; the tops of the trees create an unbroken layer, or canopy, across the top

Ex. Europeans searched from the Amazon _______ in South America to the plains of Kansas.

n. a large area of flat land that has few or no trees

The explorers found it easier to travel across the flat _______ than to climb the steep mountains.

n. the animals kept on a farm

Ex. Farmers raise ________, such as cows, on their farms in the midwest. 

(phrase) a few members of a group who are sent out ahead of the rest of the group to get information about an area

Ex. Coronado sent out _________________ to get information about an area.

n. a deep valley between mountains, cut through the rock by river

water

Ex. The Grand ________ in Arizona is one of the natural wonders of

the world.

n. the Spanish word for conqueror

Ex. Spain sent many __________ to North and South America.

n. the branch of Christianity led by the pope, whose headquarters are in Rome, Italy

Ex. The ___________________ helped build religious outposts to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

n. a person who buys and sells goods to earn money

Ex. The _________ sold fresh food and inexpensive clothes at the settlement.

n. a place where people buy and sell goods

Ex. The farmers brought their harvest to the ___________ to sell.

n. a group of ships sailing together with the same purpose and under

the direction of the same leader

Ex. King Henry VII gave John Cabot a small _________ to explore the North

American coast. 

n. a sea route connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean

Ex. Explorers believed the ________________ would take them to Asia.

n. a rebellion of a ship’s crew against the captain

Ex. Months of cold weather and little food led to a _______ by Henry

Hudson’s crew.

n. a traditional way of acting or doing something

Ex. It is an American __________ to make a wish when blowing out the

candles on a birthday cake.

n. something from nature that is useful to humans

Ex. John Cabot discovered that fish were a _____________ found in

abundance in North America.

n. a small settlement or store that is set up to sell or trade

goods

Ex. The French built a _______________ along the St. Lawrence River.