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Who was the Incan ruler who came to power in 1438 and greatly expanded the Empire?
Pachacuti
Who was the Spanish explorer/conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire?
Francisco Pizarro
What is the largest mountain range in South America, extending over 4,000 miles from modern day Argentina and Chile to Venezuela and Colombia?
The Andes Mountains
What is the Incan language called?
Quechua
What is the name of the Incan capital called?
Cuzco
What is the name of the famous Incan settlement/fort on a mountain?
What is a colony?
A territory controlled and settled by a foreign nation.
What is a conquistador?
A Spanish explorer or conqueror.
What does indigenous mean?
The original people, plants, or animals that lived in a specific area.
What is a Spanish mission?
A settlement run by priests to convert local people to Christianity and spread the Gospel of Jesus.
What does it mean for someone to be Mestizo?
They are part Spanish and part Indigenous American (biracial).
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The movement of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Americas and the Old World.
What continents are part of the Old World?
Africa, Asia, and Europe.
What continents are part of the New World?
North and South America.
Which continent is not part of the Old World or the New World?
Antarctica.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
An Italian explorer that sailed West in 1942. He hoped to find a route to Asia but discovered the Americas instead.
