ELL Vocabulary S.S. Unit 3 Spanish Conquistadors

soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas

(soldados que lideraram expedições militares nas Américas)

• smallpox

  (varíola)

• conquistadors

  (conquistadores)

• armor and weapons (armadura e armas)

Left the island of Cuba to present day Mexico in 1519 and wanted to convert the Aztec to Christianity

(Deixou a ilha de Cuba para o atual México em 1519 e queria converter os astecas ao cristianismo)

• Hernan Cortes

  (Hernán Cortés)

• Francisco Pizarro

• Moctezuma II

The capital, Tenochtitlan, was built in the middle of Lake Texcoco, the city had lots of wealth, and a good source of gold and silver. They had thousands of warriors

(A capital, Tenochtitlan, foi construída no meio do Lago Texcoco, a cidade tinha muita riqueza e uma boa fonte de ouro e prata. Eles tinham milhares de guerreiros)

• Hernan Cortes

  (Hernán Cortés)

• Inca Empire

  (Império Inca)

• Aztec Empire

  (Império Asteca)

Ruled the Aztec Empire which had thousands of warriors. He welcomed Cortes in and Cortes took him as a prisoner, and seized control of Tenochtitlan and killed him

(Governou o Império Asteca que tinha milhares de guerreiros. Ele deu as boas-vindas a Cortés e Cortés o levou como prisioneiro, assumiu o controle de Tenochtitlan e o matou.)

• Hernan Cortes

  (Hernán Cortés)

• Francisco Pizarro

• Moctezuma II

A disease that quickened the fall of that Aztec Empire

(Uma doença que acelerou a queda daquele Império Asteca)

• smallpox

  (varíola)

• conquistadors

  (conquistadores)

• armor and weapons (armadura e armas)

had cities in the Andes Mountains of South America, less than 400 soldiers, had no weapons, and most were killed from disease

(tinha cidades na Cordilheira dos Andes da América do Sul, menos de 400 soldados, não tinha armas e a maioria foi morta por doenças)

• Hernan Cortes

  (Hernán Cortés)

• Inca Empire

  (Império Inca)

• Aztec Empire

  (Império Asteca)

Spanish conquistador- conquered the Inca Empire by 1534

Conquistador espanhol - conquistou o Império Inca em 1534

• Hernan Cortes

  (Hernán Cortés)

• Francisco Pizarro

• Moctezuma II

What were Causes of the Aztec and Inca Defeat (Choose 4)

• Spanish steel armor and weapons

• Spanish horses

• European diseases

• Reduced Native American population

• Spanish alliances with Aztec and Inca enemies

What were the effects of the Aztec and Inca Defeat (Choose 3)

• Columbian exchange

• Spanish horses

• European diseases

• Reduced Native American population

• Spanish rule of the Americas