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Contact & Colonisation. Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs. Key Terms. Aztec Civilisation. Where and when did the Aztecs live?. Timeline: 1111 - 1345 . Timeline: 1492 - 1502. Timeline: 1519 - 1521. Key Terms. Who were the Aztecs?. Who were the Aztecs?. Key terms. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CONTACT & COLONISATION
Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs
Key Terms
•The name given to the lands the Spanish discovered west of the Pope’s Line
New World
•A European country that established a colonymother
country
•Spanish adventurers who conquered lands and peoples for Spainconquistador
s
•People who do not believe in Christianity
heathens
Aztec Civilisation
Where and when did the Aztecs live?
Timeline: 1111 - 1345
1111•The Aztecs leave Aztlan, a
mythical land in northern Mexico
1250 •Nomadic Aztecs reach the Valley of Mexico
1345 •City of Tenochtitlan founded
Timeline: 1492 - 1502
1492 •Christopher Columbus discovers the New World
1494 •Pope John II divides the world between the Spanish and the Portuguese. He draws the Pope’s line.
1502 •Montezuma II becomes emperor of the Aztecs
Timeline: 1519 - 1521
1519•10 February – Cortez sets out for Mexico from Cuba•20 April – Cortes’ expedition reaches the Mexican
coast•8 November – Cortez enters Tenochtitlan for the first
time
1520 •27 June – Montezuma II killed; Cuauhtemoc elected emperor
1521 •28 April – Cortez attacks the city of Tenochtitlan•13 August – the fall of Tenochtitlan; Aztec Emperor
Cuauhtemoc imprisoned
Key Terms
•Salty waterbrackish
•Small fields reclaimed from the mud of the lakeschinampa
s
•Goods given to the Aztec emperor by conquered cities
tribute
•The Aztec languageNahuatl
Who were the Aztecs?
Who were the Aztecs?
Last Nomadic Native American tribe to enter the Valley of Mexico
1250
Stopped wandering and
became farmers134
5• Spanish arrived• Aztecs
controlled a huge empire
1519
Key terms
•Sun-dried mud bricks used to build housesadobe
•A clay disk used by the Aztecs to cook oncomal
•A short rest at midday, usually after the midday mealsiesta
•Source of cocoa and chocolatecacao
•A dark volcanic glass, used for blades of weapons and toolsobsidian