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Conquest of the Aztec Empire
Mystery
Spanish Settlements
Vocabulary
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Who was ruler of the Aztec when Cortes arrived in Mexico?
Montezuma II
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The Spanish warriors were more than the Aztec. (True or False)
False
100
How vast was the Inca Empire?
It extended from present-day Chile to northern Ecuador
100

What did the Spanish call the new empire?

New Spain

100

A Spanish military fort settlement built for Native Americans to protect Spanish claims of their territories.

What are presidios?

200
The Aztec civilization capital?
Tenochtitlan
200
What were Cortes motivations to conquer The Aztecs?
He saw the Aztec Empire a good source of gold and silver. He also wanted to convert the Aztecs to Christianity.
200

One of the reasons why the Incas couldn't resist Pizzaro's warriors was that they didn't have _______

What are stronger weapons such as swords and guns?

200
Who was forbidden to settle in New Spain?
Jews, Muslims and non-Christians
200

Towns first used by Spanish as a name for Native American communities.

What are pueblos?

300

This conquistador was known for destroying the Incan empire.

Francisco Pizarro

300
What are the consequences of the Spanish invasion to the Aztec empire?
Cortes seized the Aztec lands and killed the Aztec king, Moctezuma
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Pizzaro had only ________men in his army.

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What were the three kinds of settlements in New Spain?
1- Pueblos (centers of trading and government) 2- Missions (priests to convert local natives) 3- Presidios (military bases)
300

Someone who is clever can be described as 

What is shrewd?

400

This conquistador is known for destroying the Aztec civilization.

Hernan Cortes

400
What are the main reasons of the fall of the Aztec Empire?
1- Cortes made allies with the Aztec's enemies. (an Indian woman called Malintzin helped Cortes) 2- Moctezuma, the Aztec emperor, wrongly believed Cortes to be a god and welcomed him.
400

Like Cortes, Pizarro had Native American ____________ that conquered the Inca Empire

What are allies?

400

Mexico

What is the modern day country known at that time as the Aztecs that the Spanish conquistadors conquered?

400

To pause or stop briefly

What is hesitate

500
Moctezuma ruled the Aztec Empire, which was so powerful in the early _________
1500
500
What quickened the fall of the Aztec Empire?
Smallpox and other diseases brought by the Spanish?
500

Spanish conquistadors wanted to compete with Portugal for Africans slaves because they needed more labor due to the many deaths; AND the conquistadors knew Africans would not be as susceptible to European diseases. 

What is the cause of the transatlantic slave trade?

500
The Spanish built roads that ran for hundreds of miles called ____________
El Camino Real (The Royal Road)
500

These were people of mixed Spanish and Native American background.

What are the mestizos?