Chapter 5 Vocabulary Word Scramble
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term | definition |
What is the significance of Hispaniola? | It 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? | The earth was round. He could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe. 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 the Americas? | It was the first site claimed for and controlled by a distant government. |
Naraez | Granted the land of Florida by the king of Spain;drowned at sea while attempting to reach Mexico. |
Cortes | Founded the city of Veracruz;seized the city of Tenochtitlan and renamed it the city of Mexico. |
Conquistador | General term for a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth and land in the Americas. |
Viceroy | Governor of a colony who rules in the name of the king. |
Pueblo | Native American village of houses built of adobe. |
Coronado | Explored areas of present-day New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas in his search for Cibola. |
Friar | Person belonging to the of the religious brotherhoods of the Roman Catholic Church. |
Missionary | One who is sent to do religious or charitable work in a territory or foreign country. |
Commission | To grant the power or authority to carry out a specific task. |
Cabeza de Vaca | One of four survivors of the Narvaez expedition; returned to Mexico and then to Spain and spoke about the seven cities of gold. |
De Soto | Explored parts of Southeast in his search for Cibola and reached the Mississippi River. |
Mission | A settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people of the area. |
Gulf of Mexico | King Louis XIV was persuaded to establish a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi in large part because the colony would control trade in the ____ and in the interior of North America. |
1685 | In ____ La Salle established Fort St. Louis on the Texas coast. |
The Mississippi River Basin | Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, claimed __ _____________ _______ ______ for France. |
Pirate | A buccaneer was a __________, especially one who preyed on ships during the 1600s. |
Delta | La Salle could not find the mouth of the Mississippi again because the _______ made it difficult to locate a stream that would lead to the great river. |
Needed supplies; were dying | La Salle became desperate to find the Mississippi because the colonists _______ ______; ______ _______. |
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