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This is something for social studies that I really needed to study for, It might come in handy for you too! It's a combination of Native American tribes, and Explorers.
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History
7th Grade
01/15/2009

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Iroquois
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The________were famous for their League of Five Nations and Society of False Faces.
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Inca
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The____lived in Peru and built thousands of miles of roads over rocky land for protection.
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Pueblo
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The______used special rooms called kivas for religious ceremonies and believed in spirits called kachinas.
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Aztec
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The_____were warlike and practiced human sacrifices to please their gods.
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Algonquin
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The_________believed in the "Great Spirit of Manitou" and memory scrolls.
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Three Sisters
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_____________was the special name for corn, beans, and squash.
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Maize
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____was a crop that all of the Native American Tribes grew.
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Inca
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The____used quipo as a special way of writing by arranging knotted and colored strings.
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Drake
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_____sailed for England as privateer. He explored the western coast of North American and circumnavigated the globe.
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The Turks
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_________shut down the land routes to the far east.
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Prince Henry
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___________of Portugal started a navigational school even though he was never an explorer.
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Vasco de Gama
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_____________was a Portuguese explorer who sailed south around the tip of Africa to India.
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Columbus
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________was an Italian who sailed for Spain and discovered the "New World" in 1492.
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Cabot
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_____was and Italian who sailed for England and discovered Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
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Cabot
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_____discovered the Grand Banks rish fishing banks off the coast of Newfoundland.
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Amerigo Vespucci
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A German mapmaker drew a world map naming the New World after________________.
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Ponce de Leon
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_____________, a Spanish explorer searched for the "Fountain of Youth" but found Florida instead.
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Cortes
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The Spanish explorer______was ruthless and cruel. He conquered the Aztec of Mexico.
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Balboa
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______was the first European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean.
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Pizarro
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The Spanish explorer_______conquered the Inca Empire of Peru.
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Magellan
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________, a Portuguese explorer, tried to circum-navigate the world but was killed in the Phillippine Islands
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Hudson
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______sailed for both the English and the Dutch to search for a Northwest Passage through North America.
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Verrazano
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_________, an Italian explorer, sailed for France along the Atlantic Ocean of North America.
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Cartier
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_______, a French explorer, explored the St. Lawrence region of Canada.
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De Soto
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_______, a Spanish explorer, discovered the Mississippi River flowed south into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Coronado
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________, a Spanish explorer, traveled in the Southwest and discovered the Grand Canyon.
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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The_____________________was an agreement that split the world in two between Spain and Portugal.
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astrolabe
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The_________was an important navigational tool in the 15th century.
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