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10 Cards in this Set
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Olmec Tribe
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Gulf coast
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Pawnee Tribe
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Nebraska-Platte river
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Cherokee
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Southeast,North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennesse (Trail of Tears)
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Mayas
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Southern Mexico, Yucatan-Build monuments and great cities
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Inca
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Peru, Chile
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Aztec
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Mexico-Dominated northern Mexico originated in Aztlan somewhere in North or nothwest Mexico
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Nez Perce
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Idaho/Oregon, Pacific Northwest
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Christopher Columbus
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Italian but sailed for Spain-Sailed: Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria funded by Queen Isabella of Spain. Landed in San Salvador (mistook it for the Indies)-explored Cuba.
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Hernan Cortes
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Spanish conquistador - Led the military expedition that initiated the Spanish Conquest of Mexico. Part of first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Sailed from Cuba to Mexico and conquered the Aztec empire in 1591, founded Vera Cruz.
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Spanish - Conquistador. 1500. Founded Santa Maria present day Panama. Frist permanent European settlement of the mainland of Americas. Crossed Isthmus of Panama to discover the Pacific Ocean.
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