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ch. 5 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| It is the site of the first Spanish colonies in Americas. | What is the significance if Hispaniola? |
| Spain. | Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand were the rulers of... |
| the earth was round. he could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe. | which of the following best describes an expedition? |
| a journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite purpose. | Which of the following best describes a expedition? |
| it was the first place claimed and controlled by a distant government. | Why is Santo Domingo considered the first permanent colony in the Americas? |
| Narvaez. | granted by 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 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 made of adobe. |
| Coronado. | explored areas of present-day new Mexico,Texas,and Kansas in his search for cibola. |
| friar. | a person belonging to one of the religous brotherhoods of the roman catholic church. |
| missionary. | one who is sent to do religous or charitable in a territory or foreign country. |
| commission. | to grant the power or athority to carry out a specific task. |
| Cabeza de Vaca | one of four survivors of the narvaez expidition;returned to mexicoand then spain and spoke about the seven cities of gold. |
| De soto | explored parts in the southeast in his search for cibola and reached the mississippi river. |
| mission | a settelment founded to spread christianity to hte people of the area. |
| Gulf of Mexico | king lois XIV was pursuaded to establish a colony at the mouth of the mississippi in large part because the colony would control trade in the atlantic ans the interior of north america. |
| 1685 | in 1681 La salle established fort St. lois on the texas coast. |
| True | Rene-Robert Caveliar, Sieur de salle, claimed the mississippi river basin for france. |
| 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. |
| pirate | a buccaneer was a type of whale, especally one who preyed on ships during the 1600's. |
| needed supplies were dying | La Salle became desperate to find the Mississippi because the colonists needed fresh water.` |
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