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| A tiny island where the Aztecs lived in before their chief god told them that they must find a new home. |
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| After the Aztecs were told they must leave Azatlan by their god, this is where they went but they eventually had to flee from here because they were under attack by other groups that were already there. |
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| An island where the Incas sought refugee after fleeing from the attack in Lake Texcoco. This is where they made their home because they saw an eagle eating a snake on a cactus as their god had prophesied. |
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| The first Aztec ruler. During his reign, Aztecs started to conquer lands beyond their cities. |
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| The fifth Aztec emperor. The conquest of the valley and of Mexico was completed under his rule. |
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| Aztec ruler who completed the conquest of the Aztec empire, from Atlantic to Pacific central Mexico to Guatemala. |
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| Aztec ruler. Many natural disasters occurred during his rule including the commit omen. It was during his rule that the Europeans arrived. He was fully convinced that Cortes was sent by the god Quetzalcoati. |
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| A god from Aztec legend whom was supposed to return. Montezuma II believed Cortez was sent by him. |
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| King that succeeds Montezuma II. He didn't believe the Spanish were sent by Aztec gods and realized that they had to be driven out. He devises a plan to ambush Cortes and his men on the western causeway, where they had little room to spread out. |
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| In Inca religion, he was the son of the sun. Told the Incas that they had to leave their island and build their new home where ever they were able to stick a staff all the way into the ground. He promised that if they did this, their descendants will build a great empire. |
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| Capital of the Inca Empire. |
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| Descendant of the god Manco, the son of the sun. Conquered an empire bigger than anything seen in South America. He inherited a strong empire but later in his reign, strange things happened. He saw the same commit as Montezuma II, many natural disasters, and the arrival of the Europeans (the Spanish). |
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| One of Huayna Capc's sixty sons who was challenged for the throne by one of his brothers, Atahualpa. |
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