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Inca Empire - called their empire Tahuantinsuyu. Located in Peru. It stretched 2,500 miles from Quito, Ecuador, to beyond Santiago, Chile.
Ponce de Leon - an early explorer and conquistador who went in search of opportunities and gold in the New World. He discovered Florida
Francisco Pizarro - The Spanish conquistador who led a well-planned expedition to find Cibola. Traveled 7,000 miles across much of the southwestern United States
Atahualpa - Ruler of Inca (Grand Inca)
Colony - a region controlled by a foreign country. Conquerors saw themselves as parents and their colonies as children.
Cibola - 7 fabulously rich cities, called the seven cities that Europeans had been searching for.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - Conquers the Inca Empire in 1532, with just 180 men, 67 horses and 3 big noisy guns.
Maize - corn
Mother Country - The "home" country of the people who found/ start a colony
