Unit 1-3 Vocabulary

4. living or growing naturally in a particular place
8. a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth in the Americas
9. sun-dried bricks made from a mixture of mud with a small amount of straw or grass
10. the unique cultural blending of Spanish and American traditions in Texas
12. the process of growing plants and raising animals for food
15. resources materials or substances that occur in nature
17. the movement of people from one place to settle in another place
18. an adventurer who engages in private rebellious activity in a foreign country
20. state sponsored settlement of people to new territories

1. travel undertaken in order to discover new resources
2. a military post or guarded settlement in an area under Spanish control
3. originating in a specific place or region
5. Spanish official appointed to rule land claimed by Spain in the New World
6. a period of time with distinct political, economic, social characteristics
7. someone who moves from place to place with no permanent home
11. an agent who makes all the arrangements to bring settlers to a colony
13. a journey undertaken by a group of people
14. a pattern of the combination of precipitation and temperature over time
16. a settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people in the area
19. a spatial area of land that is unified by a common characteristic, such as political unity, linguistic unity, or common climate patterns