AGE OF EXPLORATION

Unit 2Vocabulary

Explorer 

one that explores a geographic area.

Columbian ExchangeExchange of goods,

ideas, and people between Europe and

the Americas

SlaveryThe treatment of people as property for the purpose of

forcing them to do labor.

Conquistadors

Spanish soldier-

explorers

colonyA new settlement or territory

established and governed by a country in another land

Borderlandsland located on or near a frontier or

boundary

Seven Cities of CibolaLegend there are seven cities fabulously rich with streets and houses decorated with gold and

jewels somewhere in North America

missionariesPeople who travel to a territory

or community in order to make converts to their

religion

trappersAdventurers who capture

and kill animals—such as bear, rabbit etc… for

fur

Lost Colony of Roanoke Founded by Sir

Walter Raleigh and Indians welcomed them—however ran out of food and supplies—colony disappeared. Remains a mystery!

Starving Time In 1609, the

winter was the worst ever—only 60 of 500 people survived.

theocracy Society ruled by religious leaders

hieroglyphicsSymbols and pictures to

represent things, ideas, and sounds

Line of DemarcationAn imaginary line running down

the middle of the Atlantic from the North Pole to South Pole

circumnavigateSail around the world

tributeThe obligation to make

such a payment.

pueblosA permanent village or

community of any of the Pueblo peoples

missionsReligious communities

presidioSpanish fort in America built

to protect mission settlements

plantationLarge estate

mercantilismEconomy theory—

a nation’s power was based on wealth

Northwest PassageDirect water route

through the Americas

Coureurs de bois

Trappers –”runners of the

woods”

droughtLong periods of little

rainfall—crops dried up

Caravel Small, fast ship with a

broad bow