Download 1. Tenochtitlan The capital of the Aztec empire, now the site of

1. Tenochtitlan
2. Nahuatl
3. Conquistador
4. Colony
5. Cusco
6. Aztec
7. Maya
8. Inca
11. Indigenous
Population
12. Columbian
Exchange
13. Soviet Union
14. Cuban Missile
Crisis
15. Hernan Cortes
16. Montezuma II
17. Francisco Pizarro
18. Atahualpa
19. Toussaint
L’Overture
20. Simon Bolivar
21. Miguel Hidalgo
The capital of the Aztec empire, now the site of Mexico
City.
Modern version of the Aztec language.
Spanish conqueror
A foreign area controlled by a country and contributing to
its wealth.
Former capital of the Inca Empire in South Central Peru.
A member of a Nahuatl speaking state in central Mexico
conquered by Cortes in 1521.
A member of a major pre-Columbian civilization of the
Yucatan Peninsula that reached its peak in the 9th Century
AD.
A member of any of the dominant groups of South
American Indian people who established an empire in
Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
The first people known to inhabit an area.
The moving of animals, plants, people, and diseases
between the old and new worlds.
A powerful communist country that supported the Castro
government in Cuba.
A tense time in 1962 when nuclear war seemed possible
after the Soviet Union places missiles in Cuba and the
United States demanded their removal.
Spanish conqueror who conquered the Aztec Empire in
1521.
Aztec ruler from 1500-1520 most famous for ruling the
Aztecs when their land was invaded by Spanish
conquistador, Hernan Cortes.
Famous Spanish conquistador, famous for conquering the
Inca Empire.
The last ruler of the Inca empire.
Famous black freedom figher, major leader of the slave
revolts in Haiti, later became governor of Saint
Domingue.
Leaders in the wars for independence in South America.
Father of Mexican Independence.