Aztec Empire
this empire is FAMOUS for this one practice
What is HUMAN SACRIFICE?
explorer known for giving others confidence to head West
Modern day country where the human sacrificing empire was located
What is Mexico?
Cortes is dramatic and says he has an illness in this quote...
What is “I have a disease of the heart that only gold can cure?”
Aztec emperor who got killed by his own people OR the Spanish
Who is Montezuma II?
Conquered Peru but never discovered Machu Picchu
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
Mexico City used to have this name...
What is Tenochtitlan?
Quetzalcoatl is a god named for this slithery animal and a bird's outer covering
What is the "feathered serpent?"
Who is the sun god?
This guy circumnavigated the earth, but actually not really
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Incan Empire was located in this modern day country
What is Peru?
if you travel to Mexico and you're not from there you may have to go to the bathroom a lot this is called
What is "Montezuma's Revenge?"
The Spaniards would conquer the Aztecs by convincing other tribes to fight them. This was all with the help of their translator named?
Who is Malinche?
First European who SAW the Pacific Ocean, but didn't give it its modern name
Who is Vasco de Balboa?
Portuguese settled in this modern day country
Vasco Balboa was the first explorer to gaze upon what Ocean?
Pacific Ocean
this invisible warrior killed many Aztec people making the Spanish conquerors mission way easier...
What is DISEASE?
Guy who realizes "oh wait, Columbus didn't land in the Spice Islands!, it's a whole new continent!" AND it gets named after him
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
What is Encomienda?
These three ships work in harmony, just like they did for Christopher Columbus on his first voyage
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria