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Spanish conquerors were called this.

conquistadors

This Indian Empire was found in Peru.

Incans

This Spaniard conquered the Indians in Peru.

Francisco Pizarro

This Spaniard conquered the Aztec empire.

Hernando Cortes

This king ruled the Aztec Empire before it was taken over by the Spanish.

Motecuhzoma

Spanish explorers searched North America looking for seven cities of this.

gold

This Spaniard was the first to set foot on what is now the United States.

Juan Ponce de Leon

This Spaniard led his armies to search for the search for the 7 cities.

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

This Spanish explorer found the Mississippi River.

Hernando De Soto

This is the name of the path Spanish explorers took as they searched for the seven cities.

Sante Fe Trail

These are people who teach their religion to others.

missionaries

These are huge farms to grow crops where slaves were used.

plantations

This is a settlement ruled by another country.

colony

Spanish colonists used these two groups of people as slaves.

Indians and Africans

This African Kingdom flourished from 1400 to 1600.

Benin

This waterway was hoped to pass through North America to Asia.

Northwest Passage

The French traded for this with Indians.

fur

These two Indian tribes fought over trade with the French and Dutch.

Hurons and Iroquois

This French explorer sailed into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Jaques Cartier

This mapmaker was sent to explore the northeast and make maps of it.

Samuel de Champlain

This document, written by the Pilgrims, was the first example of self-rule in the Americas.

Mayflower Compact

This man was the founder of the Jamestown colony.

John Smith

This is a fleet of warships.

armada

Tisquantum was a interpreter for the Pilgrims. He was also know as this.

Squanto

This word was found as a clue when Roanoke colonists were missing.

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