Chapter 5 vocabulary

Question 1

Conquistadors

Answer 1

Spanish explorers who came to the Americas in the 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain. Conquistador means “ conquer” . The conquistadors often conquered native people ( ruled over them in the name of Spain).

Question 2

Northwest passage

Answer 2

The supposed rout 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 quick.

Question 3

Contagious diseases

Answer 3

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

Question 4

East Indies

Answer 4

Southwest Asia, including India , Indonesia, and Malaysia.

Question 5

Colonies

Answer 5

Places ruled by another country, not by their own people.