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chapter 5 vocab
Question | Answer |
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What is the significance of Hispaniola? | It is the sight of the first Spanish colony. |
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, and he had landed in the Indies. |
Which of the following best describes an expedition? | A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite purpose. |
Why is San Domingo considered the first permanent colony in the Americas? | It was the first place claimed for and controlled by a distant government. |
Narvaez | Granted the land of Florida by the king of Spain;drowned at sea while attempting to reach Mexico. |
Cortez | founded the city of Veracruz; seized the city of Tenochotitlan and land in the Americas. |
Conqustador | general term for a |