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chapter 5 vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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What is the significance of Hispaniol? | It is the site of the first Spanish colony in the Americas. |
Queen Isabella and King Ferinand were the rulers of? | Spain |
Christopher Columbus belived that? | The Earth was round, he could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe, and that he had landed in the Indies. |
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 iin 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 attemting to reach Mexico. | Narvaez |
Founded the city of Veracruz;seized by 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 |
Governer of a colony who rules in the name of a king. | Viceroy |
Native American village of houses built of adobe. | 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 power or authority to carry out a specific task. | commission |
one of four survivores of the Narvaez expedition;returned to Mexico and then to Spain and spoke about 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 tothe people of the area. | Mission |