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Using the word bank provided, complete the following sentences.

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AZTECS AND SPANISH COLONIZATION

Intro Vide

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Shoulder BuddyAztecs are

similarAztecs are different

Conquistadors Spanish conquerors who overtook

the native populations in Latin America.

The Fall of the Aztecs The City of Tenochtitlan was the capital

city of the Aztec Empire. Some called it a city of gold!

Island City

The Fall of the Aztecs

Montezuma was the ruler of empire when conquistador Hernan Cortes arrived.

The Aztecs believed this pale man (Cortes) to be a god, with strange animals for riding (horses)!

Cortes took Montezuma hostage! He wanted gold!

The Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs with their guns germs and steel.

Hernan Cortes

Casa de Cortes

Ticket out the Door1. What was the name of leader of the

Spanish conquistadors that defeated the Aztecs?

2. What was the biggest factor out of the three that we discussed that defeated the Aztecs?

3. How was it so easy for Cortes to enter the Aztec capital city without being stopped?

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The fall of the Inca In 1532 Francisco

Pizarro arrives on the coast of Peru.

Second Cousin of Hernan Cortes

He invites Incan Emperor Atahualpa to a feast and captures him!

Once again they were conquered with guns, germs and steel!

Shoulder Buddy Why do you think the rest of the

world did not try to help the native Inca and Aztec?

Why was Spain allowed to be so cruel to the natives?

Ticket out the Door What was the name of the

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca?

What was the name of the Inca Capital?

Columbian Exchange Crops, Goods, Animals, and even

Diseases were “exchange,” or traded between the Old World (Europe, and Africa) and the New World (Americas).

Name after Columbus and his voyage in 1492 that started the “trading” of culture.

Opened up Europe, Africa, and the Americas to new crops, and animals that they had never seen before.

The disease destroyed the Native American populations. Europeans were immune.

Colombian Exchange Journal Choose:

You are either a native Latin American or European Colonist

Based on the person you have chosen write a journal entry pretending to be that person and tell about how your life has changed since the Colombian exchange has been taking place.

What new foods, animals illnesses are you seeing?

What has been good? What has been bad? Include a realistic date, start Dear Journal, and

sign your name at the bottom.