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Latin America Chapter 2 vocabulary review

This vocabulary review covers key terms related to the Aztec and Inca empires, including the capital cities, writing systems, rulers, conquistadors, and important leaders of Latin American revolutions. Learn about the history and culture of Latin America through these terms.

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Latin America Chapter 2 vocabulary review

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  1. Latin America Chapter 2 vocabulary review First the definition will pop up followed by the key term

  2. capital city of the Aztec Empire

  3. Tenochtitlan • capital city of the Aztec Empire

  4. a system of writing using signs and symbols

  5. HIEROGLYPHICS • a system of writing using signs and symbols

  6. official count of all the people in area and how they make their living

  7. CENSUS • official count of all the people in area and how they make their living

  8. knotted strings on which the Incas recorded information

  9. QUIPUS • knotted strings on which the Incas recorded information

  10. corn

  11. MAIZE • corn

  12. emperor of the Incas who expanded the empire

  13. TOPA INCA • emperor of the Incas who expanded the empire

  14. a pipe or channel that carries water from a distant source

  15. AQUEDUCT • a pipe or channel that carries water from a distant source

  16. conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

  17. FRANCISCO PIZARRO • conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

  18. conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire

  19. HERNAN CORTEZ • conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire

  20. Italian explorer sponsored by Spain who landed in the West Indies in 1492

  21. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS • Italian explorer sponsored by Spain who landed in the West Indies in 1492

  22. one of the conquerors who claimed & ruled land in the Americas for the Spanish government in the 1500’s

  23. CONQUISTADORS • one of the conquerors who claimed & ruled land in the Americas for the Spanish government in the 1500’s

  24. Ruler of the Aztecs

  25. MOCTEZUMA OR MONTEZUMA • ruler of the Aztecs

  26. a large farm or plantation

  27. HACIENDA • a large farm or plantation

  28. people of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry

  29. MESTIZOS • people of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry

  30. An Italian explorer sponsored by Spain who landed in the West Indies in 1492

  31. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS • An Italian explorer sponsored by Spain who landed in the West Indies in 1492

  32. Conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire

  33. HERNAN CORTEZ • Conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire

  34. CONQUISTADOR WHO CONQUERED THE INCAS

  35. FRANCISCO PIZARRO • CONQUISTADOR WHO CONQUERED THE INCAS

  36. MILITARY OFFICERS WHO RULED VERY STRICTLY

  37. CAUDILLOS • MILITARY OFFICERS WHO RULED VERY STRICTLY

  38. A PERSON WITH SPANISH PARENTS WHO WAS BORN IN LATIN AMERICA

  39. CRIOLLO • A PERSON WITH SPANISH PARENTS WHO WAS BORN IN LATIN AMERICA

  40. AN OVERTHROW OF A GOVERNMENT, WITH ANOTHER TAKING ITS PLACE

  41. REVOLUTION • AN OVERTHROW OF A GOVERNMENT, WITH ANOTHER TAKING ITS PLACE

  42. A SOUTH AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY LEADER WHO FREED VENEZUELA AND COLUMBIA AND HAD A NATION NAMED FOR HIM

  43. SIMON BOLIVAR • A SOUTH AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY LEADER WHO FREED VENEZUELA AND COLUMBIA AND HAD A NATION NAMED FOR HIM

  44. A RULER WITH COMPLETE POWER

  45. DICTATOR • A RULER WITH COMPLETE POWER

  46. TO BRING PRODUCTS INTO ONE COUNTRY FROM ANOTHER

  47. IMPORT • TO BRING PRODUCTS INTO ONE COUNTRY FROM ANOTHER

  48. A PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT OR ADMINISTRATION

  49. REGIME • A PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT OR ADMINISTRATION

  50. TO SEND PRODUCTS FROM ONE COUNTRY TO BE SOLD IN ANOTHER

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