Term | Definition |
What is the Significance of Hisponola? | is is the site of the first Spanish Colony in the Americas. |
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand were the rulers of? | Spain |
Christopher Columbus believed that ? | A) the earth was round B)he could reach Asia by selling west from Europe C)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 in Americas? | it was the first place claimed for and controlled by a distant |
granted the land pf Florida by the king of Spain; drowned at sea while attempting to reach Mexico | Narvaez |
founded the city of Veracruz; seized the city of Tenochitlan and renamed it in 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 the king | viceroy |
Native American village of houses built of adobe | pueblo |
explored areas present-day New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas in his search for Cibola | Coronado |
person belonging to one of the religious brotherhoodsof the Roman Catholic Church | friar |
one who is sent to do religious or chartiable work in a territory or foreign country | missionary |
to grant the power or authority to carry out a specific task | commission |
one of four survivors 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 | Narvaez |
a settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people of the area | mission |