FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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People sent by a church to spread religion
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Explorers sent to a region to map out the land
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Farmers who run a plantation
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Someone who conquers other people
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Detailed explanation-1: -A missionary is someone who travels to a foreign country to perform charitable work and, most commonly, to try to convert people to their faith.
Detailed explanation-2: -GLOBAL FAITHS: Christianity, Islam and Buddhism spread by missionaries.
Detailed explanation-3: -Perhaps the most lasting cultural impact of the missionaries has come through their contributions to Bible translation and education. By translating the Bible into the language of a non-European people, missionaries had to become pupils, learning the finer points of a local language from indigenous teachers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Missionaries go into a community to teach about Jesus Christ and the Christian faith. Missionary work depends on where the individual or group of missionaries are going (international or local communities). At the very least, a missionary’s first responsibility is to God, then to his or her church or missions agency.
Detailed explanation-5: -Also mis·sion·er for 1-3 . a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work: There are opportunities for student missionaries living abroad to work with people in need of aid, participate in building projects, and share the Gospel.