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Unit 2 Vocabulary Sentences
1. Many early civilizations used a written language of ______(symbols and signs), such as the Maya and Aztec.
2. Instead of using a calculator to add up numbers, the Inca used ______, colored cords with knots tied into them to represent numbers.
3. The Inca kept excellent ______ records (population count) with their quipus, but most were destroyed by the Spanish.
4. A wave of Spanish ______ (conquerors) in the early 1500s disrupted and destroyed many cultures native to the Americas.
5. The Aztec created many colorful books, known as ______, which recorded their history, cultural practices, and religious beliefs.
6. Since the Native Americans had no ______ (defenses) to European diseases, they hardly stood a chance in the long run.
7. Some nations or people form ______, or agreements, to look out for and protect each other.
8. The Inca were fighting a ______ (a war within a nation) in the 1520s, which assisted the Spanish in defeating them.
9. The Aztec built an ______ (expanding nation) in which they conquered other tribes, took their land, and made them slaves.
10. The Inca built great ______(pipes and channels to transport water) in order to bring water into their villages from mountaintops.
11. Hernan Cortez ______ (took advantage of) the natives that he encountered by using them to meet his own needs or waging war and enslaving them.
12. The Maya were indigenous to ______, a region stretching from Mexico through Central America.
13. If people are ______to a certain area, it means that their culture originated there and they’ve been living there for generations.
WORD BANK
Conquistador - Exploited - Civil War - Alliances - Aqueduct - Immunities
Glyphs - Quipus - Empire - Census - Codex - Indigenous - Mesoamerica
Unit 2 Vocabulary
1. Culture – Customs, ways of life, values, and beliefs of a certain people.
2. Conquistador – Conqueror, Spanish soldier
3. Immunity – Resistance to diseases; protection.
4. Alliance – Agreement in which people cooperate for a common reason
5. Civil War – War fought between two groups of the same nation
6. Exploit – To take advantage of someone or something
7. Empire – An expanding region of territory in which one supreme leader controls many different groups of people
8. Census – Official count of all the people in an area
9. Glyphs – System of writing using symbols and signs
10. Quipus – Knotted strings on which people recorded information
11. Aqueduct – Pipes and channels engineered to bring water to people from far away
12. Codex – A type of book written by early civilizations, like the Aztec and Maya, which recorded important events and religious beliefs.
13. Mesoamerica – A region and cultural area stretching from Mexico through Central America.
14. Indigenous – Originating and native to a particular region or area.