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Prepare to hand in your YELLOW Mexico Packet.

MAKE SURE YOUR NAME IS ON IT!!!!

Mexico

Lesson 2 B Spanish Conquest

Do NowDefine the following vocabulary:

missionaryfiestamestizo

Essential Questions: Write your essential questions in your notebook.

EQ:What was the Spanish Conquest?

Handout- Old Textbook pages 156-159

The Spanish Conquest

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Write 4 facts from the video in the space provided.

The Spanish Conquest

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Share two facts about yesterday’s video with someone at your table.

You should now have 6 facts from Part 1

What was the Spanish Conquest?

Hernan Cortez-Part 2 ..\..\Social Studies\Chapter 5 Mexico\

Hernan Cortez.asx

The Spanish Conquest

DO Now 4-4-13 Share two facts about yesterday’s video

with someone at your table.

You should now have 6 facts from Part 2

You should now have at least 12 facts.

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Pretend that you are Mr. Fisher and you are making up a quiz on Hernan Cortez and the Spanish Conquest.

Make up one, really good question about the video that can not be answered with a “yes,no,true, or false answer.

After the question, write the complete answer to your question.

Do Now 4-5-13 Hot Seat1) What country was Hernan Cortes from?2) What was one advantage that Cortes had against the Indians?3) What was the name of the Indian girl that helped Cortes??4) What was the name of the settlement that Cortes started along the Gulf

Coast of Mexico???5) What did Cortes do to make sure his men would fight the Aztecs to the

end???6) In the end, what was the real reason for the collapse of the Aztec

Empire??7) In what years did the Spanish Conquest occur???

Cause and Effect When an event (effect) occurs, you will

always have a cause. You can not have an event take place without something causing it.

Example: Event: Lights suddenly go out in classroom without Mr. Fisher using the switch.

What are some possible causes for the lights to go out?

Do NowTurn to your Cause and Effect Graphic

Organizer in your packet.

Lets think of one cause related to the Fall of the Aztec Empire together.

Hint: Start at the beginning of the Conquest and think your way to the end.

1) Hernan Cortes was strategic and had guns, canons, and horses.

Define 4 other causes with a partner.

Cause and Effect

Fall of the Aztec

Empire

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Finish your cause and effect chart.

Causes of the Fall of the Aztec Empire Hernan Cortes was strategic and had guns,

canons, and horses to help him fight the Aztecs. Montezuma decided to shower Cortes with gifts

because he thought he was Quetzalcoatl (The King God).

Hernan Cortes was able to convince other native tribes to join his side to fight against the Aztecs.

Montezuma allowed Hernan Cortes in the city of Tenochtitlan

The small pox killed 90% of the Aztec population. A conquistador brought the disease over from Spain

The End of the Aztec Empire

Sequence of Events

The End of the Aztec Empire1. Aztec legend stated that a white-skinned

bearded god named Quetzalcoatl sailed away from Mexico, but promised to return someday from the east.

2. Montezuma read omens saying that Quetzalcoatl was returning to Mexico in 1519 to reclaim his kingdom.

3. Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes arrived in Mexico in 1519.

4. Messengers alerted Montezuma that white-skinned, bearded men had arrived from the east.

5. After burning his ships, Cortes led his 503 soldiers to Tenochtitlan.

6. Believing that Cortes was a god, Montezuma welcomed Cortes to Tenochtitlan.

7. Cortes and his men put Montezuma in chains to show that Aztecs that their leader had been captured and that they should surrender willingly to the Spaniards.

8. The Aztecs lost respect for the chained Montezuma. They rioted, and Montezuma died. either killed by the Spaniards or by his own people.

9. The Spaniards took over Tenochtitlan, and the Aztec Empire ended.

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Answer the EQ for the Spanish Conquest section of your packet.

When you are finished: Preview pages 181-183 in your text book.

Essential Question

How did Spain influence Mexican Culture?

The Spanish Influence

Read pages 181-182

Changes in Culture due to the Spanish Influence on Mexico

Place on the back of your EQ page:I. The new colony is called New Spain.

A. Located on site of TenochtitlanII. Language- Spanish LanguageIII. Religion- Changed to CatholicismIV. Architecture- represents Spanish colonial

period.

What does this represent?

Mexico’s Social Pyramid

Peninsulares Born in Spain

CriollosSpanish descent but born in New Spain (Mexico)

MestizoSpanish and Indian Descent

Slaves

Indians

How did the Spanish influence Mexican Culture?

Get with a partner and read pages 181-182.

Complete the Spanish Section of your Lesson #2 Study Guide.

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Answer your essential question from yesterday.

How did the Spanish influence Mexican Culture?

How did the Spanish influence Mexican Culture?

The Spanish influenced Mexican culture by

bringing over Spanish language, the

Catholic religion, traditional holidays, guns,

horses, plazas, architecture, and clothing.

Do Now-4-16-12

Prepare for your quiz on the Aztecs and the Spanish Conquest.

Quiz True and False- write out true and false For Extra Credit-If you put false, correct

the underlined word to make the sentence correct.

Place your answer to the extra credit question on the back of page 2. (5 Pts)

When you are finished, place the first page in one pile and the quiz in another pile.

Take Lesson 3 Packet and Do the Do Now