The Conquest of the The Conquest of the Aztecs and the IncasAztecs and the Incas

C. BarkerC. Barker

S. GoldbergS. Goldberg

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•Atzlan: Atzlan: The original The original homeland of the Aztec homeland of the Aztec peoples in Northwest Mexicopeoples in Northwest Mexico

The Aztec EmpireThe Aztec Empire•Chief TenochChief Tenoch: chief who led the : chief who led the

Aztec people out of Atzlan to Aztec people out of Atzlan to Lake TexcocoLake Texcoco after receiving a after receiving a vision from vision from HuitzilopochtliHuitzilopochtli

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•HuitzilopochtliHuitzilopochtli– Principle god of the Aztecs, Sun GodPrinciple god of the Aztecs, Sun God– Required Human SacrificesRequired Human Sacrifices

The Aztec EmpireThe Aztec Empire

•Lake TexcocoLake Texcoco: a swampy : a swampy lake in central Mexico where lake in central Mexico where the Aztecs built the capitol of the Aztecs built the capitol of TenochtitlTenochtitláánn

The Aztec EmpireThe Aztec Empire

•ChinampasChinampas: artificial islands : artificial islands made by piling up mud from made by piling up mud from the lake bottomthe lake bottom

The Aztec EmpireThe Aztec Empire

Chinampas

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The Aztec EmpireThe Aztec Empire

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•Hernan CortHernan Cortééss: : Spanish Spanish conquistador who conquistador who founded Vera founded Vera Cruz and Cruz and conquered the conquered the Aztecs in 1519Aztecs in 1519

Conquest of the AztecsConquest of the Aztecs

•ConquistadorsConquistadors: Spanish word : Spanish word for conqueror/ for conqueror/ explorers who explorers who expanded the expanded the Spanish domain Spanish domain in the New in the New WorldWorld

•““We came We came here to serve here to serve God and the God and the King and also King and also to get rich.”to get rich.”

- One of Cort- One of Cortéés’ mens’ men

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•AssimilationAssimilation: to take something : to take something in and make it part of the thing it in and make it part of the thing it has joinedhas joined– Aztecs made the smaller tribes they Aztecs made the smaller tribes they

conquered worship their gods and conquered worship their gods and take up their culturetake up their culture

– This did away with the original This did away with the original culture of the people they had culture of the people they had conqueredconquered

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•Cempoala IndiansCempoala Indians: one of the : one of the smaller tribes that had been smaller tribes that had been conquered by the Aztecs and conquered by the Aztecs and forced to pay high taxes and forced to pay high taxes and provide human sacrifices to provide human sacrifices to HuitzilopochtliHuitzilopochtli– They joined They joined CortCortéés s and his men on and his men on

their way to their way to TenochtitlTenochtitláánn– They fought the Aztecs with They fought the Aztecs with CortCortééss

Conquest of the AztecsConquest of the Aztecs•MontezumaMontezuma: god-like ruler of : god-like ruler of

the Aztecsthe Aztecs– Taken prisoner by CortTaken prisoner by Cortééss– Killed in the Aztec revolt of 1520Killed in the Aztec revolt of 1520

Conquest of the IncasConquest of the Incas

•Francisco Francisco PizarroPizarro: : Spanish Spanish conquistador conquistador who who conquered the conquered the Incan Empire Incan Empire in 1533in 1533

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•IncasIncas : Highly civilized nation : Highly civilized nation of people who lived in the of people who lived in the mountains of Peru at the time mountains of Peru at the time of the Spanish invasionof the Spanish invasion

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•AtahuallpAtahuallpaa: ruler of : ruler of the Incas at the Incas at the time of the time of the Spanish the Spanish invasioninvasion

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Conquest of the IncasConquest of the Incas