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chpt. 5 vocab.

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What is the importance of hispaniola?   It is the site of the first Spanish colony in the Americas.  
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Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand were the rulers of which country?   Spain  
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Christopher Columbus believed that...   The earth was round, he could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe, and he had landed in the Indies.  
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What best describes an expedition?   A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definit purpose.  
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Why is Santo Domingo considered the frist permanent colony in the Americas?   It was the frist place claimed for and controlled by a distant government.  
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Who granted the land of Flordia by the king of Spain; drowned at sea while attempting to reach Mexico?   Narvaez  
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Who founded the city of Veracruz; seized the city of Tenochtitlan and renamed it the city of Mexico?   Cortes  
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What is the genaral term for a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth and land in the Americas?   Conquistador  
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What is the governor of a colony who rules in the name of a king called?   Viceroy  
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What is the name of the Native American village that has houses built out of adobe?   Pueblo  
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Who explored areas of present-day New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas in his search for Cibola?   Coronado  
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What is a person belonging to one of the religious brotherhoods of the Roman Catholic Church?   Friar  
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What is someone who is sent to do religious or chartiable work in a territory or foreign country?   Missionary  
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What is the word that means to grant the power or authority to carry out a specific task?   Commission  
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Who is one of the four survivors of the Narvaez expidition; returned to exico and then to Spain and spoke about the seven cities of gold?   Cabeza de Vaca  
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Who explored parts of the southeast in his search for Cibola and reached the Mississippi River?   De Soto  
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What is a settlement founded to spread Christainity to the people of the area?   Mission  
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