week 27 day 2- unit 7- fall of aztec and incas
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Good Morning! 1/10/12Good Morning! 1/10/12Good Morning Good Morning 2/20/132/20/13EQ: How did the empires of the Aztec and Incas fall?HW: study vocab.
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#1. Take out your homework (venn diagram)#2. Name two impacts of European colonization of South America
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Take out a sheet of paper
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Aztec IncasLocation Mexico and Central America Colombia, Peru, Chile (western
South America) Andes Mnts
Dates 1250- 1521 AD1428-1521 AD
1438-1532 AD
Fact #1 Had human sacrifice- saw death as honorable Montezuma II- Leader
Large empire and organized society/Sapa Inca- leader of the Incas
Fact #2 Capital city- Tenochtitlan Nahuatl- Language
Cuzco- Capital CityQuecha language
Religion Quetzalocoat- sky god Had human sacrificePolytheistic
Blamed earthquakes on god Pachacamac- Sacrificed children
Accomplishment #1 roads, bridges, taxes Quipu- a rope with knotted cords of different lengths and colors- kept records
Accomplishment #2 Farmers- Chinampas Thousands of miles of roads and bridges- master craftsman- stored grained
Random Info Taxes, allowed those they conquered to become apart of their society
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Fall of the Aztec & Incan Empires
Unit Eight Notes
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The race is on…Spain Vs. PortugalChristopher Columbus asks both
countries to sponsor his voyage--Spain agrees.
Portugal saw the wealth that Spain was gaining, and wanted to be part of the action.
Countries became rivals and tried to stop each other from claiming land in the Americas.
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Spanish Conquistadors
soldier-explorers who settled in the Americas in hopes of finding treasurein hopes of finding treasure
inspired by Columbus to seek fortune in the New World
Many came from the part of Spain called Extremadura.– poor soil, icy winters, & blistering hot summers
held little chance for wealth– Hernan Cortes was born in this province
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Why did Conquistadors
want to explore?
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Spanish Conquistadors
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Hernan CortesHernan Cortes - Aztec Conqueror - Aztec Conqueror Spanish conquistador who reached
Mexico in 1519 in search of treasure
arrived in Mexico with 550 soldiers, 16 horses, 14 canons, & a few dogs
group was met by Aztec emperor, Montezuma II
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Who was Cortes?
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How could such a small force conquer
a huge empire?
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Cortes invades Mexico
How could such a small force conquer a How could such a small force conquer a huge empire?huge empire?1. Cortes knew how to use Spanish horse Spanish horse and gunsguns to shock Aztecs.
2. Cortes had invisible help--diseases that killed more Aztecs than Spanish swords.
3. Montezuma believed Cortes to be Montezuma believed Cortes to be Quetzalcoatl--an important Aztec godQuetzalcoatl--an important Aztec god..
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Cortes Meeting Montezuma
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Cortes Defeats the Aztec
Cortes traveled 400 miles to reach Tenochitlan.
Montezuma did not attack right away because he first thought Cortes was Cortes was Quetzalcoatl.Quetzalcoatl.
The Spanish were able to take control of the city & took Montezuma took Montezuma hostagehostage.
Cortes ordered the Aztec to stop sacrificing people.
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Cortes Defeats Aztec
Cortes’ orders angered Aztec; planned a rebellion.
Fighting broke out & Montezuma was Montezuma was killedkilled.
The Spanish were outnumbered, so they fled the city.
Before they could prepare a 2nd attack, smallpox broke out smallpox broke out in Tenochitlan & greatly weakened the large Aztec empire.
1521--Spanish destroyed the Aztec capital.
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What happened to Montezuma II?
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Francisco PizarroPizarro was also from the Extremadura.
– He was not of noble birth; could not even write his name.
– At age 16, Pizarro fled a job herding pigs in Italy.
1502--He arrived in the Americas and became very wealthy by exploring Panama.– heard a rumor that there was a great empire
filled with gold in the mountains of South America
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Who was Pizarro?
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Why were the Incas conquered?
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The Inca
1530s--Inca thought they ruled most of the world; two threats from the north proved they did not.
1.They couldn’t stop the spread of 1.They couldn’t stop the spread of smallpoxsmallpox.
2. They couldn’t scare away Pizarro2. They couldn’t scare away Pizarro.
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Pizarro Conquers the Inca
Pizarro led 160 soldiers to the Incan homeland.– raided Incan storehouses & fired guns& fired guns at
villagers Incan emperor, AtahualpaIncan emperor, Atahualpa, thought
Pizarro was crazy--how could he stand up to an army of 80,000 Incan warriors?
1532--Pizarro came up with a plan to defeat the Inca.
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Atahualpa
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Pizarro Defeats the Inca
Spanish messengers invited Atahualpa to a meeting.
He agreed & left most of his army behind--brought only 5,000 bodyguards.
Pizarro’s 160 soldiers attacked the Inca & kidnapped Atahualpakidnapped Atahualpa.
Pizarro offered to free Atahualpa offered to free Atahualpa if he filled one room with gold & one with silver.
Atahualpa kept his end of the bargain, but Pizarro killed him in 1533Pizarro killed him in 1533.
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What happened to Atahualpa?
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After Conquering the Inca…
Spanish king made Pizarro the governor of Peru.
Pizarro’s conquest of Peru opened most of South America to Spanish rule.
Spain controlled a vast territory covering 375,000 miles with almost seven million inhabitants.