Unit 3: Exploration/Colonization of Early Texas Map and Vocab Qu

A human-made waterway.

• Canal

• Council

• Friar

• Viceroy

A Spanish soldier-explorer who sought personal riches and power, as well as wealth and glory for Spain, in the conquest of the Americas.

• Conquistador

• Mestizo

• Presidio

• Privateer

A group of advisors.

• Council

• Detachment

• Friar

• Mission

A small unit of a military force.

• Detachment

• Friar

• Mission

• Privateer

A Catholic priest who belongs to a religious order.

• Detachment

• Friar

• Mission

• Privateer

A person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage.

• Conquistador

• Friar

• Mestizo

• Privateer

A religious settlement.

• Council

• Detachment

• Mission

• Presidio

To find a way to pass over or along a body of water.

• Council

• Mission

• Navigate

• Viceroy

A privately owned ship outfitted with weapons.

• Presidio

• Mission

• Privateer

• Viceroy

A district of a colony or country; similar to a state.

• Presidio

• Mission

• Privateer

• Province