Key Terms
What are Aztecs?
Indians who lived in the mountains of central Mexico
The conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and ruled New Spain. He ordered Tenochtitlan to be rebuilt and evangelized with missionaries from Europe
Hernan Cortes
Beautiful city in South America with big buildings and lots of gold
Peru
Use two words to describe the Aztecs
What was horrible about the Aztec religion?
Human sacrifice
What are conquistadors?
Spanish adventurers who wanted to conquer the New World for Spain
The Aztec King
Montezuma
The three areas that Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explored
New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas
Use three words to describe the Aztecs
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What kingdom did Francisco Pizarro conquer?
Kingdom of Peru
What is a pueblo?
A Spanish word for town
The Indian King of Peru
Inca
The city that was later renamed Mexico City
Tenochtitlan
Name at least three goals of conquistadors
Win honor, power, wealth, evangelize, adventure
What did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado go in search of? What did he find instead?
Seven Cities of Cibola. Instead he found pueblos of baked mud buildings and some copper.
What does "La Noche Triste" mean?
Spanish for "the Night of Sorrows"
This was the night that the Aztecs massacred the Spaniards and Indians escaped from the city of Tenochtitlan
Spanish conquistador who conquered the empire of Peru in the 1530s.
Francisco Pizarro
Fray Marcos was sent to explore these lands north of New Spain
Seven Cities of Cibola
Name the legend of the Seven Cities of Cibola
In the far north of New Spain were seven cities which had buildings covered in gold
Name two good things about the Aztec civilization
Its culture, seen in written language and poetry
Its love of beauty, seen in architecture and gardens
What is New Spain?
The area around Mexico City, extending to the sea
Conquistador who explored Florida, he also discovered the Mississippi River and evangelized the Indians in Arkansas
Hernando de Soto
Capital of the Aztec empire
Tenochtitlan
Fair-skinned aztec god who had ruled wisely and was supposed to return to restore justice
Quetzalcoatl
How did Cortes show he was eager to spread the Gospel of Christ?
Built a cathedral in Mexico City
Brought missionaries with him on his expedition
Tore down the temple of the aztec god who demanded sacrifice