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Ch.5 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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What is the significance of Hispaniola? | It ia the site of the first Spanish colony in the Americas. |
Queen Isabella and King Fredinand were rulers of? | Spain. |
Christopher Columbus believed that? | The world was round,he could reach Asia by sailing west,and he landed in the Indies. |
What best decribes an expedition? | A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite purpose. |
Why is Santo Domingo considered thr firdt permanent colony in the Americas? | It was the first place claimed and controlled by a distant government. |
Granted the land of Flordia by the king of Spain; drowned at sea while attempting to reach Mexico | Narvaez |
Founded the city of Veracruz; seized the city of tenochtitlan and renamed it the city of Mexico | Cortes |
Greneral 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 |
Native American village built out of adobe | Pueblo |
Explored areas of preaent day New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas in his search for Cibola | Coronado |
Person belonging to one of the religious brother hooda of the Roman Cathlolic Church | Friar |
One who is ent to do religious or charitable work in a treeitory or foregin country | Missonary |
To grant the power or athuority to carry out a spacific task | Commission |
One of the survivors of the Naraez expodition; returned to Mexioc and then spain and spoke about the Seven Cities of Gold | Cabeza de Vaca |
Explored parts of the Southeast in hai search for Cibola and reached the Mississippi River | De Soto |
Asettelment founded to spread Christianity to the people of the area | Mission |