Chapter 2 Vocab

4. a large sailing ship used especially by the Spanish in the 16th and 17th centuries
6. a governor of Spain's colonies in the Americas who represented the Spanish king and queen
8. to punish, particularly because of beliefs or background
10. an armed but privately owned ship that acts under the authority of a government to participate in warfare; or a sailor on such a ship
11. a system in Spain's American colonies in which wealthy settlers were given plots of land and allowed to enslave the people who lived there
12. an economix policy that gives a country sole ownership of the trade occuring in its colonies
13. a person who has mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry
14. a Spanish conqueror who sought gold and other riches in the Americas
15. a large plantation in a Spanish-speaking colony
16. a territory governed by a viceroy

1. a large farm; on southern plantations, slaves worked to grow and harvest crops
2. a person who tries to spread Christianity to others
3. a person who holds different beliefs than the Catholic Church
5. an area of land that includes a particular river or lake and all the bodies of water that flow into it
7. to travel completely around Earth
9. a deadly virus that causes a high fever and small blisters on the skin