The New World - early colonies

Question 1

a settlement ruled by a distant country

Answer 1

colony

Question 2

a person sent by a king to rule in his place

Answer 2

viceroy

Question 3

children of Spanish and Native Americans

Answer 3

Mestizos

Question 4

large farming and ranching estate

Answer 4

Hacienda

Question 5

a church settlement built by friars

Answer 5

mission

Question 6

a fort built by friars to protect the friars from the Native Americans

Answer 6

presidio

Question 7

an official document that gave the company the right to settle

Answer 7

charter

Question 8

to give money to a company

Answer 8

invest

Question 9

part ownership of a company

Answer 9

stock

Question 10

indentured servants

Answer 10

people who work for certain number of years in return for the trip to America and living expenses upon arrival

Question 11

first hand account of a historical event

Answer 11

primary source

Question 12

people that wanted to purify the church

Answer 12

Puritans

Question 13

Separatists

Answer 13

They wanted to separate from the church of England

Question 14

Pilgrims

Answer 14

people who travel to a holy place

Question 15

missionary

Answer 15

Someone who travels to do religious work

Question 16

an animal skin with hair or fur still on it

Answer 16

pelt

Question 17

patroons

Answer 17

wealthy men that could afford to bring people and supplies to settle the land

Question 18

religious persecution

Answer 18

people not being allowed to practice their religion as they choose