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Social Studies
Lesson 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Conquistador | A Spanish explorer who came to the Americas in the 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain. Conquistador means "conqueror" in Spanish. |
| Northwest Passage | the supposed route across the Northern part of North America that Europeans were looking for but never found |
| Contagios diseas | a sickness that can pass quickly from one person to another as germs are spread by touch or through the air |
| East Indies | Southeast Asia, including Indea, Indonesia, and Malaysia |
| Colony | a community ruled by another country, not by its own people |