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European explorer who discovered the Americas in 1492.
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Land bridge that connected Eurasia and North America.
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People of mixed Indian and European heritage.
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Capital of the Aztec Empire.
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Major settlement of the Mississippian culture near present-day St. Louis.
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Native American people in the Rio Grande valley.
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Spanish conquerors of the Americas.
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Disease that devastated Native American populations.
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System where Spanish colonists were given Native Americans to convert to Christianity.
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Leader of the Pueblo Revolt against the Spanish in 1680.
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Corn, a staple crop that transformed Native American societies.
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Aztec god whom Moctezuma mistook Cortés for.
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River discovered and crossed by Hernando de Soto.
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Confederacy of Native American tribes in the northeastern woodlands.
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Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas.
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Capital founded by Spanish settlers in New Mexico.
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Native woman who served as Cortés’s interpreter.
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Native American empire conquered by Cortés.
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Spanish colonial territory in the Americas.
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Agreement that divided the New World between Spain and Portugal.
