They mention poppy fields, which has to do with opium. So they are talking about beautiful opium fields that they had to march through. (The US protects opium fields and sells lots of opium for profit)
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
