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chapter 5 vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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what is the significance of Hispaniola? | It is the site of the first Spanish colony in the Americans. |
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand were the rulers of ? | Spain |
Christopher Columbus believed that | The earth was round , he could reach Asia by sailing west from europe , he had landed in the Indies. |
Which of the following best describes an expedition? | A journy undertaken by the group of people with a defintie purpose. |
Why is Santo Domingo considered the first permanet colony in the Americas? | It was the first place claimed for and controlled by a distant goverment. |
grandted the land of Florida by the King of Spain ; drowned at sea while attempting to reach Mexico | Narcasz |
founded the city of veracruz ; seized the city of Tenochtitlan and renamed it the city of Mexico | Cortes |
general term for a Spanish explorer who serched for wealth and land in the Americas | Conquistador |
govonopr of a colony who rules in the name of the king | Viceroy |
Native American village of houses built of Adobe | pueblo |
explored areas of persent-day New Mexico , Texas, and Kansas in his search for Cilbloa | Cornado |
peerson belonging to one of the religious brotherhoods of the Romans Catholic Church | friar |
one who is sent to do religious or charitable work in a territory or foreign country | missionary |
to grant the power or authority to carry out a specific task | commission |
one of four survivors of the Narvaes expidition; returned to Mexico and then to Spain and spoke about the seven citys of gold | cabeza de Vaca |
explored parts of the southeast in his sercg for cibola and reached the Mississippi River | De soto |
a settlement founded to spred Christianity to the people of the area | mission |