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chapter 5 vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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what is the significance of Hispaniole? | it is the sight of the first Spanish colony in the Americas |
Queen Isabelle and King Ferdinand were the rulers of | Spain |
Christopher Columbus believed that | the world was round,that he could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe, and that he first landed in the Indies |
which of the following best describes an expedition | a journey 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 placed claimed for and controlled by a distant government |
Narvaez | granted the land of Florida by the king of Spain; drowned at sea while attempting to reach Mexico |
cotres | 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 |