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278357119Native AmericansFirst people who lived in North America
278357120VikingsFirst Europeans in North America
2783571211492Columbus sailed the ocean blue
278357122Queen Isabella and King FerdinandKing and Queen of Spain who gave Columbus money for his journey
278357123Columbus hoped to sail ____ across the _______ to reach ____West; Atlantic; Asia
278357124Columbus wanted to bring _____, ______, and ______ from Asia to EuropeSilks, spices, and jewels
278357125BahamasThe first place Columbus landed of his first journey
278357126Columbus called the Native Americans ______ because he thought he reached _____Indians; India
278357127Columbus exchangeAn exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between America and Europe
278357128Three things Columbus brought from Europe to America was _____ ____, ______, and ________Sugar cane, horses, and diseases
278357129Aztec IndiansThe Native American tribe that Hernando Cortes conquered
278357130MoctezumaThe Aztec emperor
278357131TenochtitlanAztec city that fell to Cortes
278357132New SpainThe name the Spanish gave to Tenochtitlan after it fell to Cortes
278357133Ferdinand MagellanPortuguese explorer who led the first expedition around the world
278357134Francisco CoronadoSpanish explorer and the first European to discover the Grand Canyon
278357135Amerigo VespucciThe explorer who first called America the "New World" and where the name America came from
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