Hernán Cortés

Hernán Cortés was from ...

• Portugal

• England

• France

• Spain

__________________ was the name given to Spanish conquerers

The capital of the Aztec empire was ....

What was sacred to the Aztecs?

• spices

• gold

• The cocao bean

• silk

The Aztec King Montezuma ...

• greeted the Spanish at first

• hated the Spanish as soon as they arrived

• thought that Hernan Cortés was a god

• knew the Spanish were there to steal gold

What were the Spanish looking for?

• Gold

• Spices

• Silk

• Cocao beans

When Tenochtitlan fell, the Spanish king appointed Cortés governor of ...