Unit 3: Age of Contact (Vocabulary)

Explorer

• a person who explores an unfamiliar area
• to find a way through a body of water
• an official who rules in the name of the king or queen
• a crude fort

Conquistador 

• a soldier who explored and conquered lands for Spain
• a person who explores an unfamiliar area
• to find a way through a body of water
• an official who rules in the name of the king or queen

Colony

• a settlement under political, economic, and social control of another country
• a soldier who explored and conquered lands for Spain
• a person who explores an unfamiliar area
• to find a way through a body of water

Columbian Exchange

• the exchange of goods, raw materials, and diseases between the Americas and Europe
• a settlement under political, economic, and social control of another country
• a soldier who explored and conquered lands for Spain
• a person who explores an unfamiliar area

Raw Materials

• materials used to manufacture other products
• the exchange of goods, raw materials, and diseases between the Americas and Europe
• a settlement under political, economic, and social control of another country
• a soldier who explored and conquered lands for Spain

Mercantilism

• an economic system requiring exclusive trade between a country and its colonies
• materials used to manufacture other products
• the exchange of goods, raw materials, and diseases between the Americas and Europe
• a settlement under political, economic, and social control of another country

Stockade 

• a crude fort
• an economic system requiring exclusive trade between a country and its colonies
• materials used to manufacture other products
• the exchange of goods, raw materials, and diseases between the Americas and Europe

Viceroy

• an official who rules in the name of the king or queen
• a crude fort
• an economic system requiring exclusive trade between a country and its colonies
• materials used to manufacture other products

Navigate

• to find a way through a body of water
• an official who rules in the name of the king or queen
• a crude fort
• an economic system requiring exclusive trade between a country and its colonies

Which of the following describes the "Age of Contact" Era?

• European explorers arrive in Texas

• Texas fights for independence from Mexico

• Texas becomes a part of the United States

• Mexico fights for independence from Spain