When Different Worlds Collide

Front

_____ was one of a group of Spanish soldiers who would later be called conquistadors, or conquerors

Back

Cortes

Front

Cortes faced a major challenge in defeating the _____

Back

Aztecs

Front

The Aztecs had not seen _____ before, and the animals frightened them.

Back

horses

Front

At their first meeting in 1519, Moctezuma agreed to let Cortes stay in the city of _______.

Back

Tenochtitlan

Front

In ____, the mightiest empire of the Americas, the Aztecs, fell to the conquistadors.

Back

1521

Front

The conquistadors were helped by European diseases. _____ ___continued to take the lives of many throughout Mexico.

Back

Small Pox

Front

In 1535 Spain established the colony of New Spain. The capital of New Spain was ______ _____

Back

Mexico City

Front

Spanish colonists hoped to gain wealth by starting ____, businesses, and gold and silver mines in New Spain.

Back

farms

Front

By 1535 Pizarro had founded a new capital called Lima, in a colony called ____.

Back

Peru