Western Studies
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- Tikal
- the largest ancient Mayan city in the northern part of Guatemala
- quipu
- a language recorded on knotted colored string
- encomiendia
- the right to demand taxes or labor from native americans granted by Spanish government
- Moctezuma
- Aztec ruler
- Francisco Pizarro
- was a Spanish conquistodor
- Tepa Inca
- he is the son to the ruler of the Incas
- Cuzco
- a city in Peru; capital of the Incan empire
- Treaty of Tordesillas
- the 1494 treaty setting up the Line of Demarcation
- mestizo
- a person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry
- Malinche
- the leader of the Aztecs who was given to the Mayans as a slave
- hacienda
- plantation owned by the Spanish settlers or the Catholic Church in Spanish America
- conquistador
- 6th-century conquerors working for the Spanish government who were in charge of gaining land and wealth in the Americas
- aqueduct
- a pipe or channel used to carry water from a distant source to dry areas
- Line of Demarcation
- an imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole, set forth in the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas; Spain had west, Portugal had east
- Copan
- a ruined, ancient Mayan city in western Honduras
- Tenochtitlan
- Aztec metropolis covering more than 5 square miles near modern Mexico City; originally located on two small islands in Lake Texcoco floating
- maize
- both the plant and the kernel of corn
- Pachacuti
- is the ruler of the Incas
- Christopher Columbus
- he found America
- Hernan Cartes
- was a Spanish soldier who conquered the Aztecs
- treaty
- is an agreement in writing made between two or more countries
- hieroglyphics
- a system of writing using signs and symbols, used by the Maya and other cultures
- Valley of Mexico
- the area in Mexico where Lake Texcoco , Tenochtitlan and modern Mexico City are located