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Chapter 5 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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What is the significance of Hispaniola? | It is the site of the first Spanish colony in the Americas |
Where did Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand rule? | Spain |
What did Christopher Columbus believe? | The earth was round, he could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe, and that he had landed in the Indies |
What 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 in the Americas? | It was the first place claimed for and controlled by a distant government |
Who was granted the land of Florida by the king of Spain, and drowned at sea while attempting to reach Mexico? | Narvaez |
Who founded the city of Veracruz, and seized the city of Tenochtitlan and renamed it the city of Mexico? | Cortes |
What is the general term for a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth and land in the Americas | Conquistador |
Governor of a colony who rules in the name of the king | Viceroy |
What is a Native American village of houses built of adobe called? | pueblo |
Who explored areas of present-day New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas in his search for Cibola? | Coronado |
What is someone called if they are a person belonging to one of the religious brotherhoods of the Roman Catholic Church? | Friar |
What is one who is sent to do religious or charitable work in a territory or foreign country called? | Missionary |
What is it called to grant the power or authority to carry out a specific task? | Commission |
Who is one of the four survivors of the Narvaez expedition, and returned to Mexico and then to Spain and spoke about the seven cities of gold? | Cabeza de Vaca |
Who explored parts of the Southeast in his search for Cibola and reached the Mississippi River | De Soto |