Chapter 5 vocabulary Flashcards
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Conquistador
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Spanish explorers who came to the American in 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain. Conquistador means conqueror the conquistador native people (ruled them in Spain).
2
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North west passage
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The supposed route 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 they could into Asia more quickly.
3
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Contagious diseases
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Sickness that. can pass prom one person to another as germs are spread by touch or through the air for example influences is a contagious disease
4
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East Indies
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South east Asia including India Indonesia and Malaysia
5
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Colonies
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Places ruled by another country not by their own people.
