Ch 16

Question 1

Maize

Answer 1

Maize, or corn

Question 2

Observations

Answer 2

Observations, or buildings from which people could study the sky

Question 3

Causeways

Answer 3

Causeways- raised across water or wet ground

Question 4

Conquistadors

Answer 4

Conquistadors (khan-kees-tuh-DORHRZ)- or Spanish conquerors

Question 5

Hernan Cortes

Answer 5

Led by Hernan Cortes (er-NAHN kawr-TAYS), their motives were to find gold, claim land, and convert the natives

Question 6

Moctezuma ll

Answer 6

Moctezuma ll (MAWK-tay-SOO-mah) cautiously welcomed the strangers

Question 7

Pachacuti

Answer 7

In the mid-1400s a ruler named Pachacuti (pah-chah-KOO-tee) began to expand Inca territory

Question 8

Quechua

Answer 8

An official Inca language, Quechua

Question 9

Masonry

Answer 9

Masonry, or stonework

Question 10

Atahualpa

Answer 10

Atahualpa (ah-tah-WAHL- pah) and Huascar (WAHS-kahr) fought to claim the throne

Question 11

francisco Pizarro

Answer 11

Francisco Pizzaro. When Atahualpa came to meet the group, the Spanish attacked.

Question 12

Aspect

Answer 12

Each god was believed to control a different aspect of daily life

Question 13

rebel

Answer 13

Rebel against their rulers

Question 14

motive

Answer 14

Motives were to find gold, claim land, and convert the natives.

Question 15

distribute

Answer 15

Government officials would distribute goods collected through the mita. Leftover good were stored in the capital for emergencies