Term | Definition |
What is the significance of Hispaniola? | It is the site of the first Spanish colony in the Americas. |
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand were the rulers of which nation? | Spain |
Christopher Columbus believed what? | That the earth was round, he could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe, and that he had landed in the Indies. |
What best describes an expedition? | A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite purpose. |
Why is Santo Domingo considered the first permanent colony of the Americas? | It was the first place claimed and controlled by a distant government. |
Granted the land of Florida by the King of Spain; drowned at sea while attempting to reach Mexico | Narvaez |
founded the city of Veracruz; seized the city of Tnochtitlan and renamed it the city of Mexico | Cortes |
general term for a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth and land in the Americas | conquistador |
governor of a colony who rules in the name of the king | viceroy |
Native Amerincan village of houses built of adobe | pueblo |
explored areas of present-day Mexico, Texas, and Kansas in his search for Cibola | Coronado |
person belnging to one of the religious brotherhoods of the Roman Catholic Church | friar |
one who is sent to do religious or charitable work in a territory or foreign country | missionary |
to grant the power ot authority to carry out a specific task | commission |
one of four survivors of the Narvaez expedition; returned to Mexico and then to Spain and 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 Christianity to the people of the area | mission |