6th Grade Chapter 16 Vocab Review

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Corn

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Maize

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Buildings for studying astronomy; Mayan priests observed stars from here.

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Observatories

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Spanish soldiers

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Conquistadors

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Language of the Inca

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Quechua

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Raised road over water or wet ground

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Causeways

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Stonework

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Masonry

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Spanish leader who conquered the Aztecs

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Hernan Cortes

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Aztec ruler during the Spanish conquest

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Moctezuma II

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Ruler who expanded the Inca Empire in the mid 1400s

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Pachacuti

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Maya king of Palenque

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Pacal