Aztec, Inca, Maya

Capital of the Aztec Empire

• Tenochtitlan

• Mictlan

• Cuzco

• Yucatan

Ruler of the Aztecs when the Spanish arrived

• Moctezuma II

• Moctezumo

• Hernando Cortes

• Atahualpa

Spanish conquistador who left Cuba ignoring the governor's orders, burned the ships, and searched for gold in Mexico

• Hernando Cortez

• Francisco Pizarro

• Fray Marcos de Niza

Forced payment usually made in the form of valuable goods

• tribute

• taxes

• currency

• conquistador

Spanish conqueror who first came to the Americas in the 1500

• conquistador

• tribute

• missionary

Aztec emperor defeated by Hernando Cortez. This emperor's mistake was to send Hernando Cortez two disks made of gold and silver.

• Moctezuma II

• Atahualpa

• Cuahutemoc

The Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztec by cutting off their water and food supply.

• Hernando Cortez

• Atahualpa

• Cuahutemoc

• Francisco Pizarro

Native woman also called La Malinche ho aided Cortez in his conquest of Tenochtitlan

• Doña Marina

• Doña Carlota

• Atahualpa

Aztec ruler who following the death of Moctezuma II, led the Aztec in the final battle of Tenochtitlan

• Cuahutemoc

• Atahualpa

• Quetzalcoatl

Spanish conquistador who defeated the Inca of Peru

• Francisco Pizarro

• Atahualpa

• Cortez