Chapter 5 vocabulary

Question 1

Conquistador

Answer 1

Spanish explorers who came to the Americans in 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain. Conquistador means “conqueror”. The Conquistador often conquered native people.

Question 2

Northwest passage

Answer 2

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 th Pacific Ocean so that they could get to Asia more quickly.

Question 3

Contagious diseases

Answer 3

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

Question 3

Contagious diseases

Answer 3

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

Question 4

East Indians

Answer 4

Southeast Asia, including India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

Question 5

Colonies

Answer 5

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