People
The conqueror of the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes
The part of the world containing the Aztec and Inca empires
Mesoamerica
What the conquistadors were in search of
Gold
The Aztec empire was made up of these (similar to the Greeks)
city states
A term meaning "he who conquers"
Conquistador
The conqueror of the Incas
Francisco Pizarro
The modern day country in which the Inca empire once existed
Peru
The thing that was responsible for the majority of Natives' deaths
disease
The Aztecs referred to themselves as this
Mexica
The century in which the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and Incas took place
16th century OR 1500s
The King of the Aztecs
Montezuma
The modern day country in which the Aztec empire once existed
Mexico
What Cortes did when the Aztecs accepted him as a god
Enslaved them (forced them to work in the gold mines)
The language spoken by the Aztecs
Nahuatl
The religion that the Spaniards sought to spread
Catholicism
The King of the Incas
Atahualpa
The capital city of the Inca empire
Cuzco
The collection of people that made up Cortes's army?
(3 groups)
Spaniards, enslaved blacks, native allies
The language spoken by the Incas
Quechua
The Incas offered this as a ransom to try and get Pizarro to return Atahualpa
Gold and silver
The translator for Hernan Cortes
Malinche
The capital city of the Aztec empire
Tenochtitlan
The spaniards did this to Atahualpa
Kidnapped and killed him
The Aztec god that Cortes pretended to be
Quetzalcoatl
The nickname given to the Inca city of Machu Picchu
"city in the sky"