Civilizations of The Americas

Roads built above water or wet ground

• Thoroughfare

• Canal

• Freeway

• Causeway

A region that includes the southern part of what is now Mexico and parts of the northern countries of Central America

• Sudamerica

• Latin America

• Mesoamerica

• Centroamerica

"Memorizers" are

• Incas

• Maya

• West African

• Aztec

A black, glasslike rock made by volcanoes

• lapis lazuli

• onyx

• obsidian

• codex

System of writing used by the Ancient Maya

• memorizers

• Popol Vuh

• hieroglyphs

• codices

Aztec book that kept historical records

• coder

• codex

• Popol Vuh

• Chinampa

Royal retreat for Incan rulers

• Popol Vuh

• Tenochtitlan

• Tegucigalpa

• Machu Picchu

Floating gardens and fields built by the Aztecs

• chihuahuas

• codices

• causeways

• chinampas

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When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in the New World, they went to work conquering and defeating the native peoples. In the case of the Aztecs, conquistadors took their leader captive and took over their capital at Tenochtitlan.

What does the word conquistadors mean in the texts?

• explorer and conqueror from Spain

• peaceful ambassador from Spain

• powerful ruler from Spain