Question 1

A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite purpose

Accepted Answer

Expedition

Question 2

A land claimed for and controlled by a distant nation

Accepted Answer

Colony

Question 3

A Spanish explorer who searched for wealth and land in the Americas

Accepted Answer

Conquistador

Question 4

To grant the power or authority to carry out a specific task

Accepted Answer

Commission

Question 5

Governor of a colony who rules in the name of the king

Accepted Answer

Viceroy

Question 6

A person belonging to one of the religious brotherhoods of the Roman Catholic Church.

Accepted Answer

Friar

Question 7

Native American village of houses built of adobe, or sun-dried bricks of straw and clay.

Accepted Answer

Pueblo

Question 8

One who is sent to do religious or charitable work in a territory or foreign country.

Accepted Answer

Missionary

Question 9

A settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people of the area

Accepted Answer

Mission

Question 10

A pirate, especially one who preyed on ships during the 1600's

Accepted Answer

Buccaneer

Question 11

A triangle-shaped area of mud and silt deposits that forms at the mouth of some rivers.

Accepted Answer

Delta

Related quizzes