Age of Exploration
This name was given to the period of history where European explorers travelled across oceans looking trade routes and new lands.
What is the Age of Discovery?
This gruesome past-time was practiced daily by the Aztecs and formed a central part of their religious belief.
What is human sacrifice?
This ruthless conquistador led the Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
The Spanish arrived in Mexico in this year.
What is 1519?
These strange animals gave the Spanish mobility, speed, and a psychological advantage on the battlefield.
What are horses?
European explorers wanted to explore new trade routes into Asia to obtain valuable products, including these flavourful ingredients.
What are spices?
The Aztecs believed these supernatural beings controlled forces such as the rain, war, and the Sun.
What are gods?
This emperor ruled the Aztec people when the Spanish arrived in 1519.
Who is Moctezuma II?
This colonial nation was declared after the destruction of the Aztec Empire in 1535.
What is New Spain?
Spanish soldiers wore steel armour and were armed with swords, pikes, and these gunpowder weapons.
What are muskets?
These precious metals were the driving force behind the European search for new lands during the Age of Exploration.
What is gold and silver?
This vast city was the capital of the Aztec Empire and became the origin of the legend of El Dorado, the city of gold.
What is Tenochtitlan?
This Italian explorer is famous for having led the Spanish to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This infectious disease spread through the Aztec population and severely weakened their resistance against the Spanish.
What is smallpox?
This controversial terms is used by historians to describe what happened to the Aztec people under Spanish rule.
What is genocide?
This European country was Spain's main rival during the Age of Exploration.
What is Portugal?
Aztec farmers constructed these productive plots in the shallow waters surrounding their capital city.
What are chinampas?
This royal figure funded the Spanish Conquest of the Americas in the 1520s.
Who is King Charles I?
This powerful Mesoamerican nation became close allies with Cortés against the Aztecs.
Who are the Tlaxcalans?
As a result of Spanish colonisation, South and Central America is dominated by the Spanish language and what Christian religion?
What is Catholicism?
This international treaty settled territorial disputes between Spain and Portugal in 1494.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
This vast temple complex sat at the centre of the Aztec capital and was dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, the war god, and Tlaloc, the rain god.
What is the Templo Mayor?
This royal power couple united Spain through their marriage in 1469 in an event known as the Iberian Wedding.
Who is Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand?
This famous Central American city was built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan in 1525?
What is México City?
This term describes the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Mesoamericans and their European invaders.
What is the Colombian Exchange?