Vocab
corn
What is maize?
buildings used to study astronomy; Mayan priests watched the stars from these buildings
What is an observatory?
Early Inca ruler that led the Incas to expand their territory by making agreements with other tribes or conquering them
Who is Pachacuti?
Mayan king who built a temple to record his achievements as a ruler
Who is Pacal?
What are metal tools?
a book of Maya legends and history
What is the Pupol Vuh?
a sharp, glasslike volcanic rock that came from different parts of Mesoamerica
What is Obsidian?
Inca ruler who was captured and killed by Francisco Pizzaro, leading to the defeat of the Incas
Who is Atahualpa?
The first people to arrive in the Americas had this in common
What is Hunter-Gathering?
forming military alliances allowed this empire to rise.
Who are the Aztecs?
the language of the Inca
What is Quechua?
an ancient book made of separate pages
What is a codex?
Aztec emperor who was defeated and killed by Hernán Cortés
Who Moctezuma II?
First crop grown in Mesoamerica.
What is maize?
Aztecs sacrificed people because they believed it would please their these.
What are gods?
an alliance of five northeastern Native American peoples
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
strings of beads
What is Wampum?
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Incas
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
This activity enabled the growth of civilizations all over the Americas
These people had better weapons, horses, and diseases that helped them to conquer the Aztec Empire.
Who are the Spanish?
Spanish soldier
What is a Conquistador?
a region that includes the southern part of what is now Mexico and parts of the northern countries of Central America
What is Mesoamerica?
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs
Who is Hernan Cortez?
For this group farming was difficult because they had to clear dense forests to grow crops.
Who are the Maya?
The Inca first emerged here as a tribe.
What are the Andes Mountains?