Contact & Colonisation
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CONTACT & COLONISATION
Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs
Key Terms
•The name given to the lands the Spanish discovered west of the Pope’s Line
New World
•A European country that established a colonymother
country
•Spanish adventurers who conquered lands and peoples for Spainconquistador
s
•People who do not believe in Christianity
heathens
Aztec Civilisation
Where and when did the Aztecs live?
Timeline: 1111 - 1345
1111•The Aztecs leave Aztlan, a
mythical land in northern Mexico
1250 •Nomadic Aztecs reach the Valley of Mexico
1345 •City of Tenochtitlan founded
Timeline: 1492 - 1502
1492 •Christopher Columbus discovers the New World
1494 •Pope John II divides the world between the Spanish and the Portuguese. He draws the Pope’s line.
1502 •Montezuma II becomes emperor of the Aztecs
Timeline: 1519 - 15211519 •10 February – Cortez sets out for Mexico from Cuba
•20 April – Cortes’ expedition reaches the Mexican coast•8 November – Cortez enters Tenochtitlan for the first time
1520 •27 June – Montezuma II killed; Cuauhtemoc elected emperor
1521 •28 April – Cortez attacks the city of Tenochtitlan•13 August – the fall of Tenochtitlan; Aztec Emperor Cuauhtemoc imprisoned
Key Terms
•Salty waterbrackish•Small fields reclaimed from the mud of the lakeschinampas•Goods given to the Aztec emperor by conquered citiestribute•The Aztec languageNahuatl
Who were the Aztecs?
Who were the Aztecs?
Last Nomadic Native American tribe to enter the Valley of Mexico
1250
Stopped wandering and
became farmers134
5• Spanish arrived• Aztecs
controlled a huge empire
1519
The Aztec Empire
There were 38 provinces in
the Aztec Empire
It was as large as modern-day Mexico
It had over 12 million people
The city, Tenochtitlan,
was the religious &
administrative centre
Fast Facts
The King: elected by the chief warriors and treated like
a God
The Snake Woman: a male official, involved in the day-to-
day running of the empire
The teccalco: a council of the four most important military leaders, often relatives of the
king
The Large Council: like a city council; most likely an
advisory body made up of nobles
Key terms
•Sun-dried mud bricks used to build housesadobe
•A clay disk used by the Aztecs to cook oncomal
•A short rest at midday, usually after the midday mealsiesta
•Source of cocoa and chocolatecacao
•A dark volcanic glass, used for blades of weapons and toolsobsidian