Lesson 3Spanish Conquests in America (CONQUER)

Unit 3 Age of Exploration

Lesson 3Spanish Conquests in America (CONQUER)

Learning Target

Students can explain the impact of the Spanish on the native civilizations of Latin and South America

Spanish Conquests in America (CONQUER)

C. ______

•Some Spaniards liked to explore and discover new places

•Other called ______, or conquerors wanted to ______and ______

•Two of the most famous conquistadors were ______and ______

O. ______

•In addition to the conquistadors the Spanish also sent ______

•______missionaries wanted to convert the native populations to Catholicism

•Together these missionaries and the conquistadors embodied the ______for exploration (GGG)

•The first Spanish conquistador in the Americas was Hernando Cortes who sailed to ______in 1519

N. ______

•Before the 1500’s the ______had conquered other tribes in Mexico to create an empire

•______was the leader of the Aztecs who believed that Cortes was a ______

•As a result, instead of ______the Aztecs sent them ______gifts, this was his first mistake

•Because of the Aztec offering the Spanish wanted ______gold

Q. ______

•Cortes spoke with many tribes that hated the Aztec rulers and their empire and they became ______

•Montezuma allowed Cortes and his men to ______his city, this was his second mistake

•After weeks of ______Montezuma accepted the rule of the King of Spain

•Montezuma is killed and the Aztecs ______, with the help of other natives,Spain surrounded the city of ______and the Aztecs surrender

U. ______

•In 1532 the Spanish conquer another empire in the mountains of ______

•The Spanish conquistadors were led by ______

•Pizarro fought the ______and captured their leader ______

•The Incan leader offered a room full of ______for his release, Pizarro agreed

•Pizarro heard an untrue story that the Incas were going to attack so he ______Atahualpa

E. ______

•By 1535 in less than ______years small groups of Spaniards conquered two large empires in the Americas

R. ______

•______– Montezuma believed an Aztec legend was coming true and Pizarro arrived when a civil war was taking place in the Inca Empire

•______to fight against the empires

•______– the Natives had never seen weapons like this before

•______– The Natives had no immunity or natural protection to these diseases

Learning Target Review

Explain how Hernando Cortez was able to conquer the Aztec Empire. ______
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Explain how Francisco Pizarro was able to conquer the Inca Empire. ______

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List two of the four reasons for defeat of the native empires. ______

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