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Native Explorers
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Term | Definition |
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Aztec | Native American civilization that spread whrough what is now Mexico |
Maya | ancient Native American civilization of MesoAmerica |
Inca | Native American civilization that developed in what is now Peru |
Hernando Cortes | Conquistador who brought the Aztecs to ruin |
Christopher Columbus | Italian Navigator who looked for a faster route to Asia |
Henry Hudson | English explorer who sailed for the Dutch and landed at the coast of present-day New York |
John Cabot | Italian Sailor who sailed for the English and is believed to have landed in Newfoundland, Canada |
Iroquois | Native American that lived in the northeast of North America |
Pueblos | Native Americans who built great mud-brick cities |
Inuit | Native American who lived on the frozen tundra in the far north of Alaska |