LIFE IN THE AMERICAS

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LIFE IN THE AMERICAS
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AZTECS
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1) According to legend, where would the Aztecs
find somewhere to live?

• where an eagle screams, spreads its wings, and
  eats a serpent

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2) Where did they find this?

• Valley of Mexico

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3) What was the capital of the Aztec empire
called?

• Tenochtilán (tay-NAWCH-teet-LAHN)

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4) How was the king of the Aztec empire chosen?

• A council of warriors, priests, nobles picked
  each king from the royal family.

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5) There were four classes of people. They were

• nobles
• commoners
• unskilled laborers
• enslaved people

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6) How could you join the noble class?

• People could join the noble class by performing
  one act of bravery in war.

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7) The Aztecs viewed death as

• honorable.

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8) Where were victims sacrificed?

• the Great Temple in Tenochtitlán

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9) How many people lived in Tenochtitlán?

• At its height, perhaps 400,000 people.

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10) How did the Aztecs grow crops?

• on rafts piled with soil called floating gardens

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INCAS
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11) Who was Pachacuti?(PAH-chah-koo-tee)

• the greatest Incan leader

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11) Pachacuti required that all people speak

• Quechua (KEH-chuh-wuh).

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13) What was the capital of the Incan empire
called?

• Cuzco (koos-koh)

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14) At what age were you expected to begin
working?

• age 5

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15) What was Machu Picchu?

• a retreat for Incan kings

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The Fall of the Aztec Empire
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16) Who were the conquistadors?

• soldier-explorers sent to the Americas by Spain

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17) Who was Hernan Cortés? (her-NAHN
(kawr-TEHZ)

• Conquistador who lead the Spanish army in the
  defeat of Montezuma II and the Aztecs.

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18) Why were Cortés and his men told to leave
Cuba?

• The Spanish commander asked Cortés to find new
  people who could be forced to work for the
  Spanish.

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19) Where did Cortés and his men go?

• Mexico

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20) Who was Montezuma II?(MAHN-tuh-ZOO-muh)

• the Aztec emperor in the 1500s

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21) First, Cortés knew how to use Spanish horses
and guns to shock the Native Americans.
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22) Second, the Tabascans another native group
gave Cortés another weapon a Mayan woman named
Malintzin (mah-LIHNT-suhn). She spoke both Mayan
and Nahuatl (NAH-wah-tuh), the language of the
Aztec.
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23) Malintzin helped Cortés form

• alliances.

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24) Finally, Cortés had the help of invisible
allies- germs that carried diseases such as
measles and smallpox.
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25) Who was Quetzalcoatl?ket-sahl-koh-AHT-l

• a light-skinned Aztec god

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26) Montezuma thought that Cortés was really

• Quetzalcoatl.

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27) Montezuma decided to ambush Cortés and his
troops, but Cortés learned of the plan and
attacked first killing 6,000 people.
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28) In battle, Montezuma was

• taken hostage.

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29) The Spanish were forced out of the city, but
before they could plan another attack smallpox
broke out in Tenochtitlán.
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30) Because of the smallpox, the Spanish

• destroyed the
• Aztec capital.

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PIZARRO CONQUERS THE INCA
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31) Who was Francisco Pizarro?

• Spanish conquistador who defeated the Inca

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32) Who was Atahualpa?(AH-tuh-WAHL-puh)

• Incan emperor conquered by Pizarro

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33) Altahualpa was invited to a meeting with
Pizarro and took with him 5,000 bodyguards.
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34) When Atahualpa refused to give up his gods,
what did Pizarro do?

• Pizarro ordered an attack.

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35) During battle, Atahualpa was put in jail and
later tried to buy hisfreedom.
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36) Atahualpa offered to fill his cell with gold
and silver. he did this, but Pizzaro still didnt
let him out of jail.
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37) Atahualpa was charged with many crimes and
was found guilty by a military court.
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38) Atahualpas punishment was

• death.

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39) The Spanish were then in control of most of
South America.
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40) How many inhabitants were in this area?

• almost 7 million