Name: Date: Class:Conquistadors!

1. Read the account of how Moctezuma decided to deal with the strangers from Spain on page 214. What evidence is there that he had the following character traits.

Thorough Intelligent Decisive Cunning

2. From what you read or learned yesterday about Hernan Cortes, what evidence is there that he had the following character traits?Adventurous Restless Arrogant Greedy

3. The conquistadors used a particular strategy when conquering the Indigenous groups in the Americas. What were the four steps in this strategy?

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4. Christoph Weiditz and Diego Rivera had two different points of view about Hernan Cortes. In your own words, explain the point of view on Cortes below.

5. Complete each of the cause and effect charts below using pages 214-to 222 of your text to help you. Cause Effect Major/Long-term Result

Moctezuma had heard reports of mysterious strangers in nearby territories

Cause Effect Major/Long-term ResultHernan Cortes had heard about the gold that Columbus brought back from the Caribbean islands

Cause Effect Major/Long-term ResultWhile in Cuba, Cortes learned that there was a civilization that was stronger, more advanced, and wealthier than any group the Spanish had yet encountered.

Cause Effect Major/Long-term ResultVelazquez was worried that Cortes would get all the glory for his discoveries and not recognize his authority over all the new lands Cortes might conquer.

Cause Effect Major/Long-term ResultCortes established a town, La Villa Rica de la Veracruz on the coast of Mexico, and declared an independent government.

Name: Date: Class:An Unequal Fight

1. The Role of Disease: Use pages 223-228 to explore the role of technology in giving the Spanish an advantage over the Aztecs. Below, briefly describe how three ways that the Spaniards’ more advanced weaponry gave them a distinct advantage over the Aztecs.

2. The Role of Intimidation. Below, explain how Cortes used intimidation to try to gain a military advantage over the Aztecs. Was it effective? How do you know?

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3. The Role of Disease: Complete the cause and effect chart to show the role disease played in the Spanish debate of the Aztecs.

Cause Effect Major/Long-term Result

Invasion4. According to Ronald Wright, what give things did the Aztecs and Spanish have in common? a) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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5. Complete the chart to explain the Aztec strategy in battle against the Spanish. What Moctezuma had to decide Moctezuma’s decision What Moctezuma’s speech reveals about

his attitudes toward Cotes.

5. The Battle for Tenochtitlan. Number the sentences in the order the events occurred.

______. Cortes and his forces were taken to live in the palace of Moctezuma’s late father.

______. The Spanish stole valuables from the city.

______. All the wealth and the desire to lead the Aztec society caused Cortes to attack.

______. The Spaniards were amazed and impressed at the riches that lay in Tenochtitlan.

______. The Spanish forced Moctezuma to make himself a subject under Spanish rule.

______. The Aztecs showed the Spaniards the glories of Tenochtitlan.

______. The Spanish took Moctezuma under house arrest.

6. A deep thinking question. How did the following elements of Spanish worldview, andHow did these elements of Spanish worldview affect

their success against the Aztecs?How did these elements of the Aztec worldview affect

their success against the Spanish?

Knowledge

Values