Exploration & Conquest

This civilization occupied Central America until 900AD

• Aztec

• Maya

• Inca

This civilization settled in Cuzco Valleys in the Andes Mountains beginning in 1100AD

• Aztec

• Maya

• Inca

This civilization settled in present-day Mexico City around 1325 and created an intricate irrigation system

• Aztec

• Maya

• Inca

_________ is pictorial characters that make up a writing system

Polytheistic is the

• belief in many gods

• belief in the father, the son, and the holy spirit

• belief that sun is the center of the universe

Chichen Itza is the ________________

From the list below select the 2 characteristics of Aztec rule

• conquered territories paid tributes

• force was used to maintain authority

• domesticated animals

• converted people to Christianity

One of the goals Spain had for Mesoamerica was to _____

Conquistador Pizzaro arrived during the decline of the Inca Empire was

• believed to be the god Viracocha

• believed to be the god Popol Vuh

• believed to be the god Quetzalcoatl

Explorer that left Spain in 1504 for Hispaniola and conquered Cuba in 1511

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Chinampas

• Dona Marina