Vocab week 5

Question 1

Conquistador

Answer 1

Spanish explorers who came to the Americas in the 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain 🇪🇸 Conquistador Means “conqueror “ The Conquistadors often conquered native peoples.

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 hopes to find a northwest passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean so that they could get to Asia more quickly.

Question 3

Contagious diseases

Answer 3

Sicknesses that can pass from one person to another as germs 🦠 are spread by touch or through the air. For example, influenza is a Contagious diseases

Question 4

East Indies

Answer 4

Southeast Asia, including India, and Malaysia.