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chapter 5 vocabulary

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It is the site of the first Spanish colony in the Americas.   What is the significance of Hispaniola?  
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Spain   Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand were the rules of ____.  
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The earth was round,he could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe,and he had landed in the Indies.   Christopher Columbus believed that____.  
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A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite purpose.   What is an expedition?  
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It was the first place claimed for and controlled by a distance government.   Why is Santa Domingo considered the first permanent colony in the Americas.  
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Narvaez   granted the land of Florida by the king of Spain;drowned at sea while attempting to reach Mexico.  
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Cortes   founded the city of Veracruz;seized the city of Tenochtitlan and renamed it the city of Mexico.  
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Conquistador   General term for a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth and land in the Americas.  
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Viceroy   Governor of a colony who rules in the name of the king.  
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Pueblo   Native American village of houses built of adobe.  
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Coronado   Explored areas of present-day New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas in his search for Cibola  
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Friar   Person belonging to one of the religious brotherhoods of the Roman Catholic Church.  
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missionary   One who is sent to do religious or charitable work in a territory or foreign country  
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Commission   To grant power or authority to carry out a specific task.  
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Cabeza de Vaca   One of the four survivors of the Narvaez expedition; returned to Mexico and then to Spain and spoke about the seven cities of gold.  
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De Soto   Explored parts of the Southeast in his search for Cibola and reached the Mississippi River.  
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Mission   A settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people of the area.  
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