Topic 2.3-2.4 Key Terms
1. Conquistador – Spanish explorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s
and 1600s.
2. Immunity – natural protection, resistance
3. Viceroy – representative who ruled one of Spain’s provinces in the Americas in the king’s
name
4. Pilgrims – English Protestants who rejected the Church of England
5. Colony – territory settled and ruled by people from another land
6. compact – an agreement among people
Topic 3.1 Key Terms
1. Absolute monarch – a ruler with complete authority over the government and the lives of the
people
2. Divine right – the belief that a ruler’s authority comes directly from God
3. Hapsburg Empire – Central European empire that in the 1500s included the Holy Roman
Empire and the Netherlands
4. Armada – A fleet of ships