Chapter 3 Vocab

A ruler

• encomienda

• monarch

• missionary

• pilgrim

A person who makes a journey for religious regions.

• encomienda

• monarch

• missionary

• pilgrim

a gift of land by the king of Spain, which gave a person control over the land and the people living there.

• monarch

• investor

• missionary

• encomienda

A person sent to a new land to spread his or her religion.

• monarch

• investor

• missionary

• encomienda

A person who risks money in a business, hoping to earn a profit.

• monarch

• investor

• missionary

• encomienda

A person who agrees to work for a set period of time without pay, in exchange for necessities such as transportation, food, clothing, and shelter.

• indentured servant

• investor

• missionary

• encomienda

The organization of people in a society according to wealth and power.

• representative

• Puritan

• missionary

• class structure

A person chosen to act on behalf of others.

• representative

• Puritan

• missionary

• class structure

An early settler who left England so he or she could practice a religion freely.

• representative

• Puritan

• missionary

• class structure

A long period without rain.

• representative

• cash crop

• missionary

• drought