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Ch.5 Vocabulary

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