Part 1

conquerors who soon arrived in the Americas

• explorers
• conquerors
• Conquistadors

• natives

In __________ Hernan Cortes landed at the coast of Mexico with about 600 men 16 horses and a few cannons.

• 1519

• 1492
• 1530
• 1529

called Dona Marina by the Spanish, served as translator and advisor

• Dona

• Isabella
• Cortes
• Malinche

knew both the Maya and Aztec languages and she learned spanish quickly

• Macta

• Malinche

• Maya

• Mandarin

the capital of the Aztec empire

• Cuzco
• Machu Picchu
• Mexico City
• Tenochtitlan

resistance

• alliance

• land owner

• conquerors

• immunity

land owner in Cuba, head of Spanish expeditions that had been repelled by indians. He believed he could succeed where none had before.

• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Francisco Pizarro
• Hernán Cortés

a deal

• conquest

• immunity

• alliances

the Aztec Emperor

• the Roman Emperor

• the Inca Emperor

• the Mayan Emperor

• Mactezuma

Mactezuma, the Aztec Emperor was terrified and wondered if the pale skinned, dark strangers might be ________, an Aztec God.

• mactez

• Quetzalcoatl

• Icar