European Exploration Vocab

A trip taken in search for something

• cash crop

• exploration

• trade routes

• settlement

People who travel or search an area to discover something. Their search is called an exploration

• traders

• conquer

• missions

• exploreres

The paths across land and water that traders use to get to the places where they buy and sell things

• trade routes

• immunity

• cash crop

• voyage

People who buy and sell things

• conquistadors

• traders/merchants

• claimed

• explorers

A long journey or trip

• cash crop

• voyage

• empire

• colonies

Saying that something belongs to you

• mission

• settlement

• circumnavigate

• claimed

A group of lands or countries under one government

• convert

• missions

• immunity

• empire

Churches and other buildings where priests live and teach their religious beliefs

• voyage

• claimed

• colonies

• missions

Areas in another land that are ruled by another (“home”) country.

• colonies

• missions

• trade routes

• exploration

An explorer/conqueror, especially from Spain

• colonies

• circumnavigate

• cash crop

• conquistador