Transcript Danny and Jeremiah

The conquistadors
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
Aztecs
ORANGE=
AZTEC
The Aztec used to live in central Mexico .
They lived in the valley of Mexico.
There Capital was Tenochtitlan it was built in the middle of a lake, today is
Mexico City.
Image from
crystalinks.com
the Aztec thought Cortez was Quetzacoatl a god
(light skinned/ bearded)
Maya
The Maya used to live on the Mexico coast, Yucatan
Peninsula.
They where polytheist (believed in more then one god).
More than one major city.
Image from crystalinks.com
GREEN=MAYA
Inca
The Incas lived in South America, specifically in the Andes
MTS, and Peru.
Capital was Cuzco population 20 million of the hole
civilization.
They were polytheistic (believe in many Gods).
They were easily concord by Pizarro and the Spanish,
because two gropes in the Inca civilization were fighting,
that a civil war. The Spanish concord the Incas and the
Spanish are called conquistadors.
• Image from inca.phillipmartin.info
Yellow = Inca
Cortez
• Cortez conquered the Aztecs by posing as
friends and Cortez trying to by a god taking ruler
Montezuma.
He traveled
with 500
men and 16
horses and
conquered
the Aztecs
in 1519.
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Pizzaro
• Pizzaro took over Inca empire by sneaking
in while they were in a civil war.
Took over a big
empire with only 180
men and 27 horses.
althistory.wikia.com
• 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?)
They changed central and south America by forcing there
religion to the aztecs,mayas,incas. Who liked there own
religion.