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Chapter 6 review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Deforestation | cutting down and clearing trees |
| Tributaries | rivers/streams that flow into a larger body of water |
| Tropical Zone | very hot area which can be rainy or dry |
| El Niño | high air presure over the ocean that causes trade winds to die out |
| heiroglyps | Myan written language |
| Machü Pichü | ancient ruins built by Incans |
| Hernan Cortés | Spanish soldier who captured Montezuma II |
| Montezeuma II | Aztec ruler who was captured by Hernan Cortés |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish soilder who defeated Atahualpa |
| Atahualpa | Incan ruler who was defeated by Francisco Pizarro |
| Columbian Exchage | exchange between Europe and North and South American colonies |
| Maya | ancient civilization that used hieroglyphs,created the 365 day calender, and learned the math concept of 0 |
| Inca | ancient civilization that lived high in the mountains that built roads to carry oral messages |
| Aztec | ancient civilization that created chinampas |