Ch.16 Flashcards
1
Q
Corn
A
Maize
2
Q
Maya king who ruled the city of Palenque in the 600’s
A
Pacal
3
Q
Buildings designed to study astronomy and the stars
A
Observatories
4
Q
Raised roads across water or wet ground
A
Causeways
5
Q
Spanish soldiers And explorers
A
Conquistadors
6
Q
Spanish leader who conquered the Aztec empire
A
hernan Cortez
7
Q
Aztec ruler at the time of the Spanish conquest
A
Moctezuma II
8
Q
Ruler who expanded the Inca empire in the mid 1400’s
A
Pachacuti
9
Q
The language of the Incas
A
Quechua
10
Q
Spanish conquistador leader who conquered the Incas
A
Francisco Pizarro
