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chapter 5 vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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It is the site if the first Spanish colony in the Americas. | What is the significance of Hispaniola? |
Spain. | Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand were the rulers of? |
The earth is round,He could reach by sailing West from Europe,He had landed in the Indies. | Christopher Columbus believed that? |
A journey undertaken by a group with a definite purpose. | Which of the following best describes an expedition? |
It was the first place claimed for and controlled by a distant government. | Why is Santa Domingo considered the first permanent colony in the Americas? |
Narvaez. | granted the land of Florida by the king of Spain:drowned at the sea while attempting to reach Mexico. |
Cortes. | founded the city of Veracruz:seized the city of Tenochtitlan and renamed it the city of Mexico. |
conquistador. | General term for a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth and land in the Americas. |
viceroy. | Governor of a colony who rules in the name of the king. |
Pueblo | Native Americans village of houses built of adobe. |
Coronado | explored areas of present day New Mexico,Texas,and Kansas in the search of cibola. |
friar | person belonging to one of the religious brotherhood of the roman catholic church. |
missionary | one who is sent to do religious or charitable work in a territory or foreign. |
commission | To grant the power or authority to carry out a specific task. |
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. |
De soto | explored parts of the southeast in his search for Cibola and reached the Mississippi River. |
Mission | a settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people of the area. |