Vocab Test

Question 0

Convert

Answer 0

To change a religion or a belief

Question 1

Colony

Answer 1

A territory ruled by another country

Question 2

Claim

Answer 2

To declare something as your own

Question 3

Armada

Answer 3

A large fleet of ships

Question 4

Expedition

Answer 4

A journey to achieve a goal

Question 5

Mission

Answer 5

A religious community where priest teach Christianity

Question 6

Settlement

Answer 6

A small community of people liveing in a new place

Question 7

Conquistador

Answer 7

Spanish word for conqueror

Question 8

Invasion

Answer 8

An attack by an armed force to conqueror another country

Question 9

Empire

Answer 9

Many nations or territories ruled by a single group or leader

Question 10

Circumnavigate

Answer 10

To sail completely around something

Question 11

Epidemic

Answer 11

An outbreak of an disease that spreads quickly and affects many people

Question 12

Technology

Answer 12

The use of scientific knowledge to do things better and more rapidly

Question 13

Navigation

Answer 13

The science of planing and controlling the direction of the ship

Question 14

Astrolabe

Answer 14

A navigation tool that measures the height of the sun or a star against the horizon

Question 15

Profit

Answer 15

Money left after all expenses have been paid

Question 16

Slavery

Answer 16

A cruel system in which people are bought and sold and made to work without pay