Hernando Cortes

Until the 1500's, the only people living in North America were...

• Spanish Explorers

• French Settlers

• Native Americans

• English Colonists

After reading about Aztec Empire, you learn they-

• lived along the Gulf of Mexico

• were afraid to fight

• never build or created anything

• had a small empire

How did Hernando Cortes disobey Cuba's rulers?

• He captured slaves and took them back to Cuba

• He explored the area known as Mexico

• He decided to set up an empire himself

• He traded with the people in Mexico

How did the Aztec emperor treat Hernando Cortes

• He threw Cortes in jail

• He killed Cortes

• The emperor kidnapped Cortes

• The emperor gave Cortes gifts

After defeating the Aztecs, Hernando Cortes

• became a wealthy man

• saved all of the Aztec buildings

• was sent to prison

• set the Aztec emperor free