Social Studies Chapter 4 Explorers
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Atahuallpa | Leader of the Incas killed by the Spanish. |
| Tisquantum | Indian who taught the Pilgrims how to fish and plant crops that would do well. |
| Motecuhzoma | The Aztec leader when Europeans came to Mexico. |
| Indian peoples | Died from hunger, overwork, and diseases after being enslaved by the Spanish. |
| Africans | People brought to the Americas against their will and forced to work for the colonists. |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish conquistador who ordered his soldiers to kill the Inca emperor. |
| Hernando Cortes | Leader of the Spanish conquistadors who conquered the Aztecs. |
| Francisco Vasquez de Coronado | Spanish explorer who heard stories about the Seven Cities of Gold and set out to find them. |
| Hernando de Soto | Explorer who claimed for Spain all of what is today the southeastern U.S. |
| Juan Ponce de Leon | Spanish explorer who looked for the Fountain of Youth and named present-day Florida. |
| Jacques Cartier | Explorer who looked for the Northwest Passage. |
| Samuel de Champlain | Explorer who founded Quebec and Montreal. |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | European who founded a colony at Roanoke Island that soon disappeared. |
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