PRESENTS:

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Ms. Rundell
PRESENTS
THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
PART III
A MULTI-MEDIA SPECTACULAR!
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CONQUISTADORES
THE CONQUERORS
ABOUT THE CONQUISTAORES
DESTROY NATIVE AMERICANS
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CORTEZ
LANDS IN MEXICO IN 1519
AZTEC BELIEVE HE IS QUETZACOATL
MONTEZUMA DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO
CORTEZ DEFEATS DESTROYS AZTECS
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PIZARRO
LEADS MEN THROUGH THE ANDES IN PERU
FORCES ATAHUALPA TO FILL A ROOM WITH GOLD
SILVER - CONVERT
AFTERWARDS HE EXECUTES ATAHUALPA DESTROYS INCA
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WHY WERE THEY SO SUCCESSFUL?
AZTECS INCAS BELIEVED THE SPANISH WERE GODS
BETTER WEAPONS SUCH AS GUNS CANNONS. THE
SPANISH USED METAL WEAPONS WHILE THE AZTEC
INCA USED PRIMITIVE SPEARS ARROWS MADE OF
STONE WOOD.
THE SPANISH USED HORSES WHICH GAVE THEM MOBILITY
STRUCK FEAR IN THE NATIVES.
DISEASES SMALL POX OTHER EUROPEAN ILLNESSES
DESIMATED NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATIONS.
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OTHER CONQUISTADORES
PONCE DE LEON (1532)
SEARCHED FOR FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH IN FLORIDA
CORONADO (1540)
DE SOTO (1539-1542)
CABRILLO (1542-1543)
SEARCHING FOR THE SEVEN CITIES OF GOLD
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OTHER NATIONS
NORTHWEST PASSAGE WAY TO PACIFIC
FRANCE
ENGLAND
FROBISHER HUDSON
ENGLISH SEA DOGS
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
VARRANZANO CARTIER
OTHER NATIONS
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THE SPANISH ARMADA
SPAIN WANTS TO PUNISH ENGLAND FOR DRAKE
RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES
SPAIN IS WEAKENED ENGLAND CAN NOW SETTLE IN THE
NEW WORLD