Western Studies 5th FRA
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- Tenochtitlan
- Aztec metropolis covering more then five square miles near morden Mexico City; its name means "stone rising in water"
- Tikal
- the largest Mayan city in the northern part of Guatemala
- Mestizos
- people of mixed Spanish and Native American descent
- hacienda
- a plantation owned by Spaniards or the Catholic Church
- quipus
- Incan government officals and traders recorded information on knotted strings
- criollo
- had spanish parents but had been born in Latin America
- treaty
- an agreement in writing made between 2 or more countries
- Line of Demarcation
- an imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole at about 50 longitude
- hieroglyphics
- the Mayas developed a system of using signs and symbols
- Cuzco
- Inca's capital; the center of government, trade, and religon
- maize
- corn
- revolution
- a political movement in which the people overthrow the government and set up another
- aqueduct
- a pipe or channel designed to carry water from a distant source
- Christopher Columbus
- traveled around the world the world and knew to was round
- Francsco Pizarro
- he was a spanish conquistador and conquered most of the Incan empire
- Copan
- a ruined ancient Mayan city in western Honduras
- caudillos
- retired millitary offices that rule with an iron fist
- Malinche
- the daughter of Hernan Cortes who spoke a lot of languages
- Hernan Cortes
- the spanish soldier who conquered the Aztecs
- Treaty of Tordesillas
- the 1494 treaty setting up the Line of Demarcation with Spain and Portugal
- Moctezuma
- the Aztec leader
- conquistador
- conquerors working for the Spanish government who where in charge of gaining wealth and land in the Americas
- encomiendas
- rights to demand taxes or labor from Native Americans
- Pachacuti
- the ruler of the Incas his name means "he who skakes the earth"
- Topa Inca
- he was Pachacuti's son and expanded the empire
- Valley of Mexico
- the area in Mexico where Lake Texcoco,Tenochtitlan, and modern Mexico City are located