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Aztecs and Incas
a group or vocabulary words and questions pertaining to Aztecs and Incas
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the leader of the Aztecs? | Montezuma |
| Who was the leader of the Incas? | Atahualpha |
| Who conquered the Aztecs? | Herman Cortez |
| Who conquered the Incas? | Francisco Pizzaro |
| What was Atahualpha also known as? | Sapa Inca |
| What animals where introduce to the Incas by the Spanish? | Horses |
| What means 'Little war' in Spanish? | Guerilla |
| What did the Spanish conquerors want? | Gold and glory |
| What did the Aztec and Spanish introduce to each other? | New ideas, foods, animals, and diseases |
| Why did the Aztecs continually sacrifice humans? | because they believed it would please their gods and believed it was the only way to ensure the sun would come up each day |
| What are farms or crops owned by the government called? | Cooperatives |
| What is the name of the capitol of the Aztec empire | Tentochtitlan |
| Aztecs used symbols in their writing system called | Hieroglyphics |
| Another word for native | Indigenous |
| To make or grow an empire | Imperialism |
| What disease killed many of the Aztecs after the Spanish arrived? | Small pox |