Explorers and Missionaries Vocabulary Quiz

Match the following

• scurvy

• groups of people who come together to help one another in times of trouble

• Catholic

• a member of the Christian church who traces his or her history to the twelve apostles

• navigation

• controlling the direction of a ship

• allies

• a disease caused from lack of Vitamin C that results in bleeding and extreme weakness

Match the following

• defend

• a dangerous disease that causes fever and bumps all over the skin

• small pox

• stories of a person's life written by themselves

• epidemic

• a type of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people at the same time

• autobiography

• to keep safe from danger, attack , or harm

Match the following

• missions

• types of churches

• Strait of Magellan

• a narrow strip of sea that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans near the southern tip of South America

• expedition

• a journey for the purpose of exploring

• biographies

• stories of a person's life written by someone else

Match the following

• New World

• rich soil that produces a large number of crops

• fleet

• a trick

• fertilized

• large group of ships

• hoax

• a term used once used to describe the continents of North America and South America

Match the following

• emperor

• winning victory

• sacrificed

• the male ruler of an empire

• empire

• a group of territories or people under one ruler

• defeating

• killed an animal or human being as a spiritual offering

Match the following

• knight

• usual ways of doing things

• tanning

• took a person without permission

• customs

• the process of soaking animal hides in a solution to turn them into leather

• kidnapped

• a title given to a man who has done something very special for England

Match the following

• Christianity

• a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ

• sculptures

• money paid for the safe return of a person who has been taken without permission

• ransom

• people who design buildings

• architects

• figures or designs shaped out of clay, marble, or metal

Match the following

• rancherias

• scientists who are skilled at building mines, ships, buildings, bridges, and chemical plants

• tallow

• heating and hammering iron into different shapes

• blacksmithing

• a fat produced by heating fatty tissues of cattle and sheep; used for making candles and soap

• engineers

• a small village of Native American settlements