Ch5 Ss

Question 1

Conquistadors

Answer 1

Spanish explorers who came to the americas in the fifteen hundreds and claimed large areas of land for Spain. Conquistador means “conqueror”. The conquistadors often conquered native peoples (ruled over them in the name of Spain.)

Question 2

Northwest Passage

Answer 2

The supposed route had across the northern part of North America that Europeans were looking for but never found. The explorers had hoped to find a northwest passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean so that they could get to Asia more quickly.

Question 3

Contagious diseases

Answer 3

Sicknesses that can pass from one person to another as germs are spread by touch or through the air. For example, influenza (the flu) is a contagious disease.

Question 4

East indies

Answer 4

Southeast Asia, including India, Indonesia, and Malaysia,