chapter 16 vocab

Question 1

maize

Answer 1

or corn

Question 2

Observatories

Answer 2

or buildings from which people could study the sky,

Question 3

Causeways

Answer 3

raised roads across water or wet ground.

Question 4

conquistadors

Answer 4

or Spanish conquerors

Question 5

Hernan’ Cortes

Answer 5

Their motives were to find gold, claim land

Question 6

Moctezuma II

Answer 6

Cautiously welcomed the strangers.He Believed Cortes to be the god.

Question 7

Pachacuti

Answer 7

Began to expand Inca territory.Later leaders followed his example

Question 8

Quechua

Answer 8

an Official Inca language

Question 9

Masonry

Answer 9

or stonework

Question 10

Atahualpa

Answer 10

and Huascar fought to claim the throne

Question 11

Franciso Pizarro

Answer 11

when Atahualpa came to meet the group. The Spanish attacked.they were greatly outnumbered

Question 12

Aspect

Answer 12

of daily life

Question 13

Rebel

Answer 13

against their ruler’s demands and abandon their cities.

Question 14

Motive

Answer 14

were to find gold, claim land, and convert native peoples

Question 15

distribute

Answer 15

goods collected through the mita. . leftover goods