Chapter 1 History
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| nomadic | constantly on the move
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| mounds | Native American tombs made of earth and filled with weapons, pottery, and jewelry
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| adobe | dried clay and straw mixture used to build rooms like an apartment
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| totem poles | craved from large trees, and depicted local legends and important events
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| animism | the belief that spirits live in objects in nature and in natural events
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| vikings | first to visit North America
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| Leif Ericson | son of Eric the Red, found new land in the west and called it Vinland
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| Christopher Columbus | thought he could find the East Indies, but discovered America
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| Amerigo Vespucci | offered proof that the lands were not Orient but instead a "new world" and had the new land named after him
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| conquistadors | another name for conquerors
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| Juan Ponce de Leon | first Spaniard to explore Florida
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| Hernando de Soto | discovered the Mississippi River
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| St. Augustine | oldest city in United States
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| Francisco Vasquez de Coronado | discovered the adobe villages of the Pueblo Indians and the first European to see the Grand Canyon
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| John Cabot | laid claim to the Atlantic coast of North America for England
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| Sea Dogs | a group of daring English sea captains who struck at the heart of Spanish power
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| Sir Francis Drake | favorite of Queen Elizabeth I, most famous of the Sea Dogs, and he sailed down coast of South America, plundering Spanish ports and capturing treasure ships
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| Queen Elizabeth I | queen in 1577
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