Lesson 5 Routes of Exploration"

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A colony is a

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community ruled by another country.

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A conquistador is a Spanish colonizer who

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came to the Americas in the 1500s.

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The Northwest Passage is a route across the

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northern part of North America.

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A contagious diseases is sickness that can pass quickly from one person to another.

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can pass quickly from one person to another.

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The East Indies is what the Europeans called

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Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

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The rulers of Spain wanted a shorter route to, what they called the East Indies, to get

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spices and silk.

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Colonies are different from other places in which people settle because

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they are ruled by another country.

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Juan Ponce de Leon looked for

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the Fountain of Youth.

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Hernan Cortes fought against

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the Aztecs in Mexico.

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Many American Indians died from contagious diseases that spread quickly.

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contagious diseases that spread quickly.