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Chapter 5 vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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What is the significance of Hispaniola? | It is the site of the first Spanish colony in the Americas. |
Queen Isabelle an King Ferdinand were the rulers of... | Spain |
Which of the following 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 in the Americas? | It was the first place claimed for 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 Tenochtitlan 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 American village of houses built of abode. | Pueblo. |
Explored areas of present-day New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas in his search for Cibola | Coronado |
Person belonging 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 or 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 of 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 |
Christoper Cloumbus believed that... | The earth was round, he could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe, and he had landed in the Indies |