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Ch.5 voc.
Term | Definition |
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It is the site of the first Spanish colony in the Americas. | What is the significance of Hispaniola? |
Spain. | Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand were the rulers of_____. |
A.The earth was round. B.He could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe. C.He landed in the Indies. | Christopher Columbus believed that_____. |
A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite purpose. | Which of the following describes an expedition? |
It was the first place claimed for and controlled by a distant government. | Why is Santo Domingo considered the first permanent colony in the Americas? |
Narvaez. | Granted the land of Florida by the king of Spain; drowned at sea while attempting to reach Mexico. |
Cortes. | Founded the city of Veracruz; seized the city Tenochtitlan and renamed the city of Mexico. |
conquistador. | A 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 American village of houses built of adobe. |
Coronado. | Explored areas of present-day New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas in search for Cibola. |
friar. | Person belonging to one of the religious brotherhoods of the Roman Catholic Church. |
missionary. | One who is sent to do religious charitable work in a territory or foreign country. |
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. |
Gulf of Mexico. | King Louis XIV was persuaded to establish a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi in large part because the colony would control trade in the (Atlantic) and in the interior of North America. |
1685. | In (1681) La Salle established Fort St. Louis on the Texas coast. |
True. | Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, claimed (the Mississippi River Basin) for France. |
Pirate. | A buccaneer was a (type of whale), especially one who preyed on ships during the 1600's. |
Delta. | La Salle could not find the mouth of the Mississippi again because the (isthmus) made it difficult to locate a stream that would lead to the great river. |
Needed supplies; were dying. | La Salle became desprate to find the Mississippi because the colonists (needed fresh water). |