The Incas, Mayans, and the Aztecs

What are the three places that we learned about?

• Aztecs

• Aztalan

• Mayana

• Incas

Raised roads across water or wet ground. Bridges that connect to an island to the mainland.

• Cuzco

• Tribute

• Causeways

He had led the conquistadors against the Incas.

Fought his brother for the throne and won, but the fierce fighting had weakened the Inca army. Had died shortly after.

• Patchachui

• Cuzco

• Atahualpa

To fight against, to try to overtake another group that you once were under.

Led by Hernan Cortez were Spanish conquerors who fought to take control of central America.

• Conquistadors

• Tribute

A god who the Aztecs believed left a long ago. A god who Moctezuma II thought Cortez was.

Floating gardens, they were in tenochittalan.

• Cuzco

• Chinampas

Corn

The leader of the conquistadors, he conquered Moctezuma II he came to find gold and get gifts.