Unit 5 SS vocab

Question 1

Conquistador

Answer 1

Spanish explorers who came to the America’s in the 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain.conquistador means “conqueror”. The conquistadors often conquered 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 European 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 more quickly.

Question 3

Contagious diseases

Answer 3

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

Question 4

East Indies

Answer 4

South east Asia including India Indonesia and Malaysia.

Question 5

Colonies

Answer 5

Places ruled by another country not by their own people.

Question 6

Voyage

Answer 6

A long journey involving travel by sea or in space.

Question 7

Invasion

Answer 7

an instance of invading a country or region with an armed force.

Question 8

Nobleman

Answer 8

a man who belongs to the noble class.

Question 9

Mistreatment

Answer 9

the action of mistreating or fact of being mistreated; ill-treatment.