Unit 5

Question 1

Conquistadors

Answer 1

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

Question 2

North west passage

Answer 2

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