| A | B |
|---|
| maize | corn |
| observatories | buildings used to study astronomy;Mayan priests watched the stars from these buildings |
| causeways | a raised road across water or wet ground |
| conquistadors | Spanish soldiers |
| Hernan Cortez | their motives were to find gold,claim land,and convert native peoples. |
| Moctezuma II | The Aztec Emperor,cautiously welcomed the strangers |
| Pachacuti | Emperor.In the mid-1400s began to expand Inca territory |
| Quechua | the language of the Inca |
| masonry | stone work |
| Atahualpa | 1520-1533 was the last Inca emperor he was brave and popular |
| Francisco Pizarro | 1475-1541 organized expeditions to explore the west coast of South America |
