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those who support each other for some common purpose

• Acquaintances

• Allies

• Friends

• Alliances

a disease that causes a high fever and often death

• Black Death

• Measles

• Malaria

• Smallpox

a surprise attack

• Ambush

• Retreat

• Siege

• Invasion

someone held against his or her own will in exchange for something

• Pawn

• Prisoner

• Hostage

• Ransom

Responsible for more deaths of the Aztec people than Spanish weapons

• Disease

• Warfare

• Poor medical care

Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztec

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca in South America

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Explored Panama looking for a golden empire, but never found it.

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Incan ruler

• Atahualpa

• Montezuma II

• Malintzin

Aztec ruler

• Atahualpa

• Montezuma II

• Malintzin