USA Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Massasoit | leader of the Wampanoag, lived in Montaup, a Pokanoket village |
| Edward Winslow | Mayflower pilgrim, one of leaders on the ship and also later at Plymouth Colony |
| Josiah Winslow | Plymouth governor from 1673 to 1680 |
| Metacomet/King Philip | the second son of the sachem Massasoit, a chief of his people 1662-1676, his head was placed on a stake atop the fort on Burial Hill in Plymouth for 20 yrs |
| John Alderman | praying Indian, shot and killed Metacomet in 1676 |
| Benjamin Church | the captain of the first Ranger force in America |
| Leif Ericson "Lucky Leif" | Viking sailor from Iceland, visited America cca AD 1000, named it "Vinland the Good" |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Italian Sailor, letters in 1490s that America was a new continent |
| Christopher Columbus | Italian adventurer, visited America in 1492 |
| Ponce de León | Spanish conquistador, 1513 set off in search of the Fountain of Youth, claimed Florida for Spain |
| Hernán Cortés | Spanish Conquistador, wanted gold, led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire (today Mexico) 1520s |
| Francisco Pizzaro | Spanish conquistador, wanted gold, led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire, captured and killed Incan emperor Atahualpa, 1530s |
| conquistadores | conquerors like Cortés and Pizzaro |
| Hernando de Soto | between 1539 and 1543 explored much of the south of US, Florida, Mississippi River, Texas, Oklahoma |
| Fransisco Coronado | between 1539 and 1543 explored much of the south of US, Mexico, Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Kansas |
| John Cabot | Italian seaman hired by Henry VII |
| Giovanni Verrazano | Italian seaman hired by french king Francis I |
| Jacques Cartier | French explorer, discovered the St. Lawrence River in 1534, gave France a claim to Canada |
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