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chapter 5 vocabulary
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 rules of ____. |
The earth was round,he could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe,and he had landed in the Indies. | Christopher Columbus believed that____. |
A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite purpose. | What is an expedition? |
It was the first place claimed for and controlled by a distance 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 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 American village of houses built of adobe. |
Coronado | Explored areas of present-day New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas in his 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 or charitable work in a territory or foreign country |
Commission | To grant 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. |