Chapter 5 vocabulary

Question 1

Conquistadors

Answer 1

Spanish explores who came the the Americans in the 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain. conquistadors means “conqueror”. The conquistadors often conqueror native people (ruled over them in the name of spain)

Question 2

Northwest passage

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Contagious diseases

Answer 3

Sickness that can pass from one person to another as germs spread by the touch or air . for example, Influenza (the flu) is a contagious disease

Question 4

East Indies

Answer 4

Southeast Asia, including India, Indonesia, and Malaysia

Question 5

Colonies

Answer 5

Places ruled by another country, not by their own people