Transcript Spanish Conquistadors and the natives

Standards
• 5.2 Identify the three major pre-Columbian civilizations
that existed in Central and South America (Maya, Aztec,
and Inca) and their locations. Describe their political
structures, religious practices, and use of slaves.
• 5.4 Explain why the Aztec and Inca civilizations declined
in the 16th century.
• A. the encounters between Cortez and Montezuma
• B. the encounters between Pizarro and the Incas
• C. the goals of the Spanish conquistadors
• D. the effects of European diseases, particularly
smallpox, throughout the Western hemisphere .
• Lived in Central Mexico –
Valley of Mexico
• The capital is Tenochtitlan
built in the middle of a
lake
• They forced other tribes
to give them money
• They were brought down
by smallpox
• The Aztecs believed in
Quetzalcoatl.
• Cortez kept Montezuma
hostage.
Aztec
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• Mexican coast Yucatan
peninsula
• They’re slaves could
sometimes gain freedom
• They did not contain a lot
of gold
• It was much harder for
the conquistadors to
overthrow
Believed in many gods
Mayas
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• Lived in South America
Andes mts.
• They had no written
language but had spoken
language and used knots
for messages
• The capital was Cuzco
• Believed in many gods
• The Inca’s had a civil war.
A battle with 2 groups
fighting in the same
country
• Incas did not value the
gold and silver the same
way the Spanish did
Inca
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Cortez
• He took 500 people and
16 horses to kill the
Aztecs. Other Natives
helped the Spanish in
their conquest the Aztecs
captured the Indians and
used them as slaves or
human sacrifice. The
Aztecs were polytheistic.
He is a Conquistador one
who conquers.
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Pizarro
• Pizarro was a
Spanish explorer.
Pizarro wanted to
conquer the Incas.
Pizarro demanded a
room filled with gold
and silver and then
Atahualpa would be
given back.
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How did the Spanish explorers and
conquistadors change Central and
South America forever? (Where do we
see the lasting effect of these
conquistadors even in 2011?)
• I think they changed Central and South
America by fighting and when they killed
everyone they took over. Today most
people in South America are Christian. A
lot of the civilizations have disappeared.