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| A long stick with a spear, axe, and hook. |
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| Jointed wood that could launch spears further than by hand. |
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| A club that could cut like a knife but was not very strong against hard surfaces. very heavy |
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| A weapon that would shoot wooden arrows far distances go through armor |
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| Long rifle guns that you shot from your shoulder |
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| A person who can speak two languages and translate to allow two people who don't speak each other's language to talk. Like an interpreter. |
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| A bunch of languages spoken in Central America and Mexico |
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| books that contained information about the Aztecs society. |
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| What was Cortes like as a child |
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| he was mischevious which led to his attitude as a conquistador |
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| What happened when Cortes arrived in the Caribbean |
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| When Cortez arrived in the Caribbean he did not get gold. He was given a large farm. |
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| to want to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group |
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| What happened in Cuba Why did he leave and Where did he go |
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| He was asked to help 300 men conquer Cuba. They were successful with their regular 5 step formula. Cortes became second in command in Cuba but he soon grew restless. Expeditions to Yucatan found a civilization. He got finances for 11 ships, men, sailors, slaves, and horses. Before Cortés was about to leave, Velázquez tried to cancel the expedition. He was worried that Cortés would get all the glory. But Cortés ignored the governor and continued on his way. |
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| What did the Spanish and the Aztecs have in common? |
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| Both were warlike, used trading, were greedy, and quick to resort to force. Both believed they had a divine mission to rule the world. |
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| Flower wars were wars that the Aztecs engaged in with their neighbours. They were ritual battles aimed at getting victims to sacrifice to the Aztec gods. |
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| Malinche was a Tabascan born slave, who converted to Christianity and changed her name to Dona Marina. She could speak both Mayan and Nahuatl, so she became Cortes's advisor and spy. |
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| When Moctezuma heard the Spanish were making their way into Tenochtitlan, what did he decide to do? |
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| He chose to sit back and wait, and to give himself time to see what the Spanish will do before deciding what to do himself. |
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| What happened after Cortes left Cuba |
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| He established a town called Veracruz. He sent one ship back to Spain with the treasure and things he had collected. He sunk the other ten so that they could not sail back. |
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| What happened after Cortes and his men exchanged gifts with the Aztecs and they were shown around Tenochtitlan. |
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| They placed Moctezuma on house arrest and looted the palace for gold. Gov Veláquez came to arrest Cortez. Cortes defeated him and took his men.Alvarado killed dancers. Tenochtitlan was in an uproar. Cortés returned and attacked Tenochtitlan with a stronger force about six months later, Spanish told Moctezuma to calm down his people where he was either stoned or strangled to death. the smallpox epidemic had killed off 25 percent of the Aztec population. Spanish cut the aqueducts and in 80 days the Aztecs were defeated. |
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| What happened after the Spanish defeated the Aztecs? |
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| The Spanish destroyed Tenochtitlan and built a new city in which Cortes was governor of. All remaining Aztecs were sold into slavery. |
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| What happened when the Spanish met Aztec ambassadors |
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| Cortes was going to use the muskets and cannons as soon as possible. The ambassadors brought sketchers to record the meeting with the Spanish . When they arrived Cortés acted like he wanted to speak to them and then fired the cannons. The ambassadors were frightened but the painters recorded this so that Moctezuma could see. |
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| What were some things the Aztecs did not know of and how did they describe them |
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The Spanish brought muskets ( long rifle like guns), and cannons. They were common in Europe but unheard of in Mexico. They thought these loud bangs were thunder and lighting.
They also brought horse which the Aztec thought were large deer and described them sweating a lot, making loud noises while they run, and destroying the ground that they run on. Spanish were also very skilled on the horses |
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| What were the three Spanish advantages |
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Weapons (more advanced and stronger and armour)
Disease (they had immunity but the Aztecs did not which took out a lot of them)
Strategy (they acted first and were very manipulative. They also had a specific 5 step method) |
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| What was the conquistador's formula (shortened) |
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1. An expedition would set out from a recent colony.
2. the Spanish would try to meet peacefully with the Indigenous people to discover which group in the area was the most powerful.
3. The Spanish would invite the leader of that powerful group to exchange gifts. They then would seize the leader and threaten to kill him unless his followers obeyed their orders.
4. Their horses and skills on the horses, armour, and weapons gave them a huge advantage if they had to fight
5. The leader of the expedition would be governor of the new colony. The Indigenous peoples would be forced into slavery. |
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| He led Spanish troops to conquer the Aztecs |
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| How old was Cortes when he set sail |
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| Why was Tenochtitlan an important place to conquer |
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| They were very powerfuyl and it was in themiddle of mexico so if they conquered that it would be easier to conquer around them |
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| Who would take govern the new colony and who wound go explore |
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| the leader would govern the new colony and the second in command wound go explore |
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| Why did they show off their muskets and powerful weapons |
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| to instil feel and show that they were powerful |
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| Why was Dona Marina considered a traitor |
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| because she was helping the Spanish defeat her people the Aztecs. |
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| sharper lighter and stronger. They could hold it in one hand so that they could hold the reins of the horse or a shield |
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| WHat was the Aztecs relationship with their neighbors |
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| They were making enemies with their neighbors because they would conquer everyone around them. They did not care though because it meant they were most powerful |
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| Why was the smallpox epidemic so deadly |
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| The Aztecs had no immunity to this disease and they also spread it very quickly. It killed many many Aztecs. |
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| WHy did Malinche name change and what did it change to |
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| It changed to Dona Marina |
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| Why did Mochtezuma chose to wait and see what the wanted intead of war |
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| He heard from the ambassaders that they had powerful weapons and he did not want to fight them in case he lost. |
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| WHy did Malinche name change and what did it change to |
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| It changed to Dona Marina because she converted to Christianity |
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