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Capitol of the Aztec Empire
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Tenochtitlan
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Ruler of the Aztecs
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Moctezuma
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Hernando Cortes
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conquistador (conqueror), defeated the Aztecs in 1519
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How did the conquistadors defeat the Aztecs, even though they were outnumbered?
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Conquistadors had armor, bullets, horses, allies, smallpox germ. Cortes met people on his way...
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Ally
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a friend who will help in a fight
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Dona Marina
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Ally of Cortes who spoke several Indian languages and spoke to the natives of Mexico for Cortes
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What happened when Cortes came to Tenochtitlan?
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Moctezuma agreed to let Cortes stay. Almost a year later, the Aztecs rose up and threw the...
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What city was built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan?
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Mexico City, capitol of the colony of New Spain, established in 1535
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conquest
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the capture or taking of something by force
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convert
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change. The Roman Catholic priests converted the native people's religion to Christianity
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Colonist
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a person who lives in a colony
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Spanish colonists hope to gain wealth in the Americas how?
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by starting farms, businesses, and gold and silver mines in New Spain
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Francisco Pizarro
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Spain sent him to South America to conquer the Incan Empire in 1532. Founded Lima Peru in 1533
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Atahualpa
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Incan ruler
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Capitol of the Incan Empire.
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Cuzco
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Francisco Pizarro
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Conquered the Incan Empire for Spain. He captured Atahualpa in 1532 and then Cuzco in 1533....
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Lima is in what country?
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Peru
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