| A | B |
|---|
| Andes | mountain range in South America |
| pampas | grasslands in South America |
| Atacama | desert in South America |
| Amazon | largest river in South America |
| Mesoamerican | civilizations that lived in the middle area of theAmericas |
| Aztec | this civilization believed in daily human sacrifice |
| Montezuma | leader of the Aztecs |
| Tenochtitlan | Aztec city, today Mexico City |
| Inca | civilization that lived along the Andes Mountains |
| Cuzco | capital of Inca's |
| Maya | Mesoamerican civilization that had a writing system |
| glyph | picture symbol in Mayan writing system |
| maize | corn |
| quipu | Inca knotted string that carried a message |
| slash & burn farming | farmers cut down trees, let them dry and burn them |
| jaguar | large spotted cat |
| chinampas | artificial islands |
| Francisco Pizzaro | Spanish conquistador whoconquered the Incas |
| Hernan Cortez | Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs |
| hacienda | a large farm or plantation |
| encomienda | King gives large plantations to a loyal subject. This system enslaved the Native Americans |
| conquistador | Spanish conqueror |
| mercantilism | an economic system; a nation's wealth is measured by its gold & silver |
