The document provides information about the Spanish conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires in the Americas in the 1500s. It details key figures like Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro who led expeditions to conquer the regions for gold, god, and glory on behalf of Spain. It describes aspects of Aztec and Inca societies before European contact, and how the conquistadors were able to defeat the empires through the use of horses, guns, smallpox and forming alliances with neighboring native groups who also opposed the Aztecs and Incas. The document contains maps, illustrations and fact boxes to convey details about the conquests and their impacts.

1. POCKET BOOK FOLDABLE
FRONT BACK
INSIDE

2. Warm Up
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An Aztec citizen asked a Spanish
Conquistador, “What do you do with all
of the gold? Do you eat it?”
Hernan Cortes told the Aztecs that his men
“had a disease of the heart that only gold
could cure.”
According to Cortes, what disease can gold “cure?”

4. Conquistadors:
Effects on the
Incas and Aztecs

5. AZTECS

7. • Pyramids
• Canals
• Bridges
• floating gardens
• a zoo
• Art
• calendar

9. Feathered serpent god that would
appear in human form from the
EAST
Aztecs believed Cortes on horseback
(never seen this animal) was this
god including Moctezuma who sent
him gifts

11. • Aztec emperor
• Unsuccessfully attempted to keep
Cortes on the coast using gifts &
diplomacy
• Captured by Cortes, taken hostage, &
killed in fighting

13. • Spanish conquistador
• Sailed with 11 ships, 900 soldiers,
sailors, Cubans, and Africans to
Mesoamerica (Central America)
• Conquered Aztec Empire for
GOLD(wealth), GOD, GLORY!
***Interesting fact – Cortes sank own
ships when his men feared laying siege
to the Aztec capital

14. Cortes the Killer, Dave
Matthews Band

16. • Aztec capital
• Island city (5 square miles) with canals used
as streets
• Society was advanced & encouraged art,
music, poetry, crafts
• Economy: artisans, farming, warriors, priests,
merchants, govt officials
• Floating gardens, white buildings, fountains,
palaces, & a private zoo

18. • Aided by Dona Marina (female
Native Amer. slave) & neighboring
Natives, he sailed into the capital
• Used canon fire, guns, & smallpox
to conquer the city & claim it for
Spain
• Sent boatloads of GOLD and silver
back to Spain

19. Why did Native Americans ally with Cortes?
The Enemy of
my Enemy
is my FRIEND!

21. • Christian Native American
• Aided Cortes as a translator
• Considered a traitor by the Natives
• Real name = Malinche

23. • Contagious disease
• Often results in DEATH
• Brought by the Spanish
• Many Aztecs succumbed to the
disease
• Partially responsible for Cortes’
victory

25. • Site of shrines dedicated to Aztec
gods
• Polytheistic society
• Used human sacrifice to honor &
appease the gods

27. INCAS

28. Incalicious

30. • Polytheistic society rooted in
nature
• Advanced system of roads,
communication, gold & silver
treasures, artwork
• After: religious items were
destroyed by the Spanish;
smallpox epidemics destroyed
their empire

32. • Incan ruler
• Captured, held hostage, ransomed
for 11 tons of gold ($6 million) &
executed by Pizarro

34. CUZCO
• Capital of Incan empire
• Empire extended along the Pacific
coast and Andean highlands

37. • Spanish conquistador
• Conquered the Incas with ruthless
violence

39. • With military might
• He & his men slaughtered over
2000 unarmed Incas & injured over
5000 at Cajamarca

40. COOL DOWN
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