Chapter 16

Question 1

Maize

Answer 1

Corn

Question 2

Pacal

Answer 2

K’inich Janaab Pakal I, was a jaw of the Maya city-state of Palenque in the Late Classic period of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology. He acceded to the throne in July 615 and ruled until his death.

Question 3

Aspect

Answer 3

A part if something

Question 4

Observatories

Answer 4

buildings from which people could study the sky

Question 5

rebel

Answer 5

to fight against authority

Question 6

Causeways

Answer 6

raised roads across water or wet ground

Question 7

Conquistadors

Answer 7

Spanish conquers

Question 8

Hernan Cortes

Answer 8

Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547) Synonyms: Cortes, Cortez, Hernan Cortes, Hernan Cortez, Hernando Cortez Example of: Conquistador. an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century)

Question 9

Motives

Answer 9

reason for doing something

Question 10

Moctezuma ll

Answer 10

Moctezuma II, variant spellings include Montezuma, Moteuczoma, Motecuhzoma, Motēuczōmah, and referred to in full by early Nahuatl texts as Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, was the ninth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan, reigning from 1502 to 1520.

Question 11

Pachacuti

Answer 11

Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui or Pachakutiq Inka Yupanki (Quechua) was the ninth Sapa Inca (1418–1471/1472) of the Kingdom of Cusco which he transformed into the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu). … During his reign, Cusco grew from a hamlet into an empire that could compete with, and eventually overtake, the Chimú.

Question 12

Quechua

Answer 12

an official Inca language

Question 13

Distribute

Answer 13

to divide among a group of people

Question 14

masonry

Answer 14

stonework

Question 15

Atahualpa

Answer 15

Last independent Incan emperor (1532-1533), who defeated his half-brother Huáscar (1532) and briefly reunited the empire after years of civil war. He was captured by the Spaniards, convicted of plotting against Pizarro, and executed by garrote despite his agreement to a vast ransom.

Question 16

Fransisco Pizarro

Answer 16

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541) Synonyms: Pizarro Example of: Conquistador. an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century)