Chapter 1
288375041 | Atahualpa | Inca leader who was captured by the Spanish | 0 | |
288375042 | Pizarro | Lead of the Spanish invasion of Inca lands | 1 | |
288375043 | Moctezuma II | Last Aztec emperor | 2 | |
288375044 | Cortes | Leader of the Spanish invasion of Aztec lands | 3 | |
288375045 | Conquistadors | A group of Spanish soldiers | 4 | |
288375046 | Chinampas | Floating gardens built by the Aztecs | 5 | |
288375047 | Cuzco | Inca capital | 6 | |
288375048 | Causeways | Raised roads across water or wet ground | 7 | |
288375049 | Rebel | To fight against authority | 8 | |
288375050 | Maize | A crop grown by the Maya | 9 | |
288375051 | Llamas | Raised by the Inca for wool and meat | 10 | |
288375052 | Pachacuti | An early emperor who expanded and increased Inca power | 11 | |
288375053 | Diseases | Unknowingly brought to the Americas by the Spanish | 12 | |
288375054 | Obsidian | Tools were made of this in order to cut limestone | 13 | |
288375055 | Masonry | Another word for stonework | 14 | |
288375056 | A god | What Moctezuma II thought Cortes was | 15 | |
288375057 | An island | Where the Aztecs built their capital city | 16 | |
288375058 | Jade | One of the things the Maya traded for forest goods and cotton | 17 | |
288375059 | Machu Picchu | A royal retreat in the Andes | 18 | |
288375060 | Quipus | Knotted cords used to keep records | 19 | |
288375061 | The mita | A labor tax system | 20 | |
288375062 | Tenochtitlan | A great city built on an island in Lake Texcoco | 21 | |
288375063 | A trading network | How Maya cities were linked | 22 | |
288375064 | Road system | This connected all parts of the Inca empire | 23 | |
288375065 | Tribute | A payment to a more powerful ruler or country | 24 |