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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 fist spanish colony in the americans |
queen isabella ans the king ferdinand were the rules of | spain |
christopher columbus beleved that | the earth was round,he could reach asia by sailing west form europe,he had landed in the indies |
which of the follwing best describes an expedition | a journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite purpose |
why is santo domingo the first permanent colony in the americans | it was the first place clamimed for and controlled by a distant government |
granted the land of forida by the king of spain ;drowned at sea while attemping to reach mexico | narvaez |
founded the city of veracuz:seized the city of tenochtitlanand renamed it the city of mexico | cortes |
general term for spanish explorer who searched for wealth and land in the americans | conquistador |
governor of a coloy who ruels in the name of the king | viceroy |
native american village of houses built of adobe | pueblo |
explored eras of present day new mexico,texas,and kansas in his search for cibola | coronado |
person belonging to to one of the religious brotherhoods of the roman catholic church | friar |
one who sent to do religious or chartable work in a territory or foreign country | missionary |
to grant the power or authority to carry out a specific task | commission |
on of four survivorsof the narvaes 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 to the people of the area | Mission |