Chapter 16 vocab Flashcards
1
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Maize
A
or corn
2
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Observatory
A
or buildings from which people could study the sky
3
Q
Causeways
A
Raised roads across water or wet ground
4
Q
Conquistadors
A
Or Spanish conquerors
5
Q
Hernan Cortes
A
He was a leader
6
Q
Moctezuma ll
A
The Aztec emperor
7
Q
Pachacuti
A
in the mid-1400s a ruler named Pachacuti began to expand Inca Territory
8
Q
Quechua
A
an official Inca language
9
Q
masonry
A
or stonework
10
Q
Atahualpa
A
two of the ruler’s son’s
11
Q
Francisco Pizarro
A
they were conquistadors
12
Q
Aspect
A
of daily life
13
Q
Reble
A
Against there rulers
14
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Motive
A
were to find gold
15
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Distribute
A
government officials would Distribute goods to collect
