Early People and Exploration Vocab

4. the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas
6. a new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land
10. The process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops.
11. French fur trappers who learned many skills from the Indigenous people with whom they worked and lived

1. early domesticated corn
2. wandering, moving about from place to place usually in search of food or grazing land
3. relating to Earthly affairs not spiritual
5. people who travel to a territory or community in order to convert people to their religion
6. Spanish soldiers who accompanied ship captains and merchants in the Americas. These soldiers took land and resources from the Indigenous people of Mexico and Peru, usually by violent means.
7. people who settle one location for continued use
8. the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
9. Changes in physical structure, function, or behavior that allow an organism or species to survive and reproduce in a given environment.
12. the treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved.