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Ch. 5 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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What is the signifiance of Hispaniola? | It is the site of the first Spanish colony in the Americas |
Queen Isabella and Kind Ferdinand were the rulers of..? | Spain |
Christopher Columbus Believed that..? | A- The earth was round B- He could reach Asia by sailing West from Europe C- He had landed in the Indies |
Whitch of the following best describes an expedition? | A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite purpose |
Why is San Domingo considerd the first permanet colony in the Americas? | It was the first place claimed for and controlled by a distant government |
Granted the land of Florida by the king of Spain; drowned at sea while attemoting to reach mexico | Narvaez |
Founded the city of Veracruz; seized the city of Tenochtitlan and renamed it the city of Mexico | Cortes |
General term for a Spanishexplorer who searched for wealth and land in the Americas | Conquistador |
Governor of a colony who rules in the name of the king | Viceroy |
Native American village of houses built of adobe | Pueblo |
Explored areas of present-day New Mexico,Texas,and Kansas in his search for Cibola | Coronado |
Person belonging to one of the religious brotherhoods of the Roman Catholic Church | Friar |
One who is sent to do religious or charitable work in a territoy or foreign country | Missionary |
To grant the power or authority to carryb out a specific task | Commision |
one of four survivors of the Narvaez expedition; returned to mexico and then to Spainand spoke about the seven cities of gold | Cabeza de Vaca |
Explored parts of the Southeast in his search for Cibola and reached the Mississippi River | De Soto |
A settlement founded to spread Chritainity to the people of the area | Mission |