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They were famous for their League of Five Nations and Society of False Faces.Iroquois
They lived in Peru and built thousands of miles of roads over rocky land for protection.Inca
They used special rooms called kivas for religious ceremonies and believed in spirits called kachinas.Pueblo
They were warlike and practiced human sacrifices to please their gods.Aztec
They believed in the “Great Spirit of Manitou” and memory scrolls.Algonquin
It was the special name for corn, beans, and squash.Three Sisters
All the Native Americans grew it for food.maize
They used quipu as a special way of writing by arranging knotted and colored strings.Inca
He sailed for England as privateer. He explored the western coast of North America and circumnavigated the globe.Drake
They shut down the land routes to the Far East.Turks
He started a navigational school even though he was never an explorer.Prince Henry of Portugal
He was a Portuguese explorer who sailed south around the tip of Africa to India.Vasco da Gama
He was an Italian who sailed for Spain and discovered the “New World” in 1492.Columbus
He was an Italian who sailed for England and discovered Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.Cabot
He discovered the Grand Banks, rich fishing banks off the coast of Newfoundland.Cabot
A German mapmaker drew a world map naming the New World after him.Amerigo Vespucci
A Spanish explorer searched for the “fountain of youth,” but found Florida instead.Ponce de León
This Spanish explorer was ruthless and cruel. He conquered the Aztec of Mexico.Cortes
He was the first European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean.Balboa
This Spanish explorer conquered the Inca Empire in Peru.Pizarro
This Portuguese explorer tried to circumnavigate the world but was killed in the Philippine Islands.Magellan
He sailed for both the English and the Dutch in search for a Northwest Passage through North America.Hudson
He was an Italian explorer, sailed for France along the Atlantic Coast of North America.Verrazano
A French explorer explored the St. Lawrence region of Canada.Cartier
This Spanish explorer discovered the Mississippi River flowed south into the Gulf of Mexico.De Soto
This Spanish explorer traveled in the Southwest and discovered the Grand Canyon.Coronado
This was an agreement that split the world in two between Spain and Portugal.Treaty of Tordesillas
This was an important navigational tool in the 15th century.astrolabe


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