social studies chapter 16

Question 1

maize

Answer 1

maize - corn

Question 2

observatories

Answer 2

observatories - buildings from which people could study the sky

Question 3

causeways

Answer 3

causeways - raised roads across water or wet ground

Question 4

conquistadors

Answer 4

conquistadors - or Spanish conquerors

Question 5

Hern’an Cort’es

Answer 5

Hern’an Cort’es - their motives were to find gold, claim land, and convert native peoples

Question 6

Moctezuma 11

Answer 6

Moctezuma 11 - The Aztec emperor cautiously welcomed the strangers

Question 7

Pachacuti

Answer 7

Pachacuti - In the mid-1400s a ruler named Pachacuti began to expand Inca territory

Question 8

Quechua

Answer 8

Quechua - an official Inca language

Question 9

masonry

Answer 9

masonry - or stonework

Question 10

Atahualpa

Answer 10

Atahualpa - Two of the rulers son’s Atahualpa and Hu’ascar fought to claim throne

Question 11

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 11

Francisco Pizarro - Spanish led by Francisco Pizarro

Question 12

aspect

Answer 12

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

Question 13

rebel

Answer 13

rebel - they might have decided to rebel against their rulers’ demands and abandon their cities

Question 14

motive

Answer 14

motive - their motives were to find gold, claim land, and convert native peoples

Question 15

distribute

Answer 15

distribute - government officials would distribute goods collected through the mita