Chapter 5 Vocabulary Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
What is the significance of Hispaniola? | It is a site of the first Spanish colony in the Americans. |
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand were rulers of | Spain |
Christopher Columbus belived that | The earth was round,he could reach Asia by sailing west,and he landed in the Indies. |
What is 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 place claimed for and controlled by a distant goverment. |
Narvaez | granted the land 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 |
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