Explorers and Indigenous Tribes of the Americas

Period marked by European global exploration

• Age of European Exploration

• Renaissance Era

• Industrial Revolution

• Age of Enlightenment

Conquistador who defeated the Aztecs

• Pizarro

• Cortes

• Balboa

• Magellan

Indian tribe found in the grasslands of the Great Plains; hunted buffalo and lived in tepees

• Plains

• Navajo

• Sioux

• Cherokee

First to find a route around Africa

• Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

Conquistador who defeated the Incas

• Cortes

• Pizarro

• Balboa

• Magellan

Indian tribe found on the west coast of South America; built large stone buildings

• Incas

• Aztecs

• Mayans

• Guaraní

Year Columbus sailed west and discovered a new continent

• 1482

• 1492

• 1502

• 1512

Indian tribe found in central Mexico known by war and warriors

• Maya

• Inca

• Aztecs

• Cherokee

Missionary to the Indians

• Las Casas

• Cortez

• Pizarro

• Columbus

Spanish explorer whose crew traveled around the world

• Cortez

• Pizarro

• Magellan

• Columbus