Chapter 14: European Exploration and Colonization (Vocabulary)

indigenous: native; (a)   to a place

• new

• moving

• foreign

• original

Choose the correct definition of strait.

• a narrow passage of land connecting two large bodies of water

• a narrow passage of water falling from a height

• a narrow passage of low-lying land into which water flows

• a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water

Choose the correct definition of empire.

• a single country under a single supreme authority

• an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority

• a single country under many different supreme authorities

• an extensive group of states or countries under many different supreme authorities

Choose the correct definition of rival.

• a person who is a military leader

• a person who avoids conflict

• a person who works for the church

• a person who is competing for the same goal or object as another

Choose the correct definition of conquistador.

• a European during the 16th and 17th centuries who defeated indigenous peoples in the Americas and took their land for Great Britain

• a soldier during the 16th and 17th centuries who defeated indigenous peoples in the Americas and took their land for Spain

• a European during the 16th and 17th centuries who defeated indigenous peoples in the Americas and took their land for Portugal

• a soldier during the 16th and 17th centuries who defeated indigenous peoples in the Americas and took their land for France

Choose the correct definition of exploration.

• the act of traveling through an unfamiliar area to learn about it

• the act of settling a new area for one's home country

• the act of traveling to a land settled by a rival nation

• the act of settling in a new home in one's own country

Choose the correct definition of colonize.

• to claim land for a nation by drawing a map

• to claim land for a nation by making a new culture

• to claim land for a nation by establishing a settlement

• to claim land for a nation by exploring it