1. Bra in Jog ger : Turn in your Puzzle in your class’s tub.

2. Brain Jogger Using the word bank provided, complete the following sentences. MEXICO Warriors LAKE TEXCOCO Attacks Gardens Causeways calendar

3. Intro Video

4. Shoulder Buddy Aztecs are similarAztecs are different

5. Conquistadors  Spanish conquerors who overtook the native populations in Latin America.

6. The Fall of the Aztecs  The City of Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Aztec Empire. Some called it a city of gold!

7. Island City

8. The Fall of the Aztecs  Montezuma was the ruler of empire when conquistador Hernan Cortes arrived.  The Aztecs believed this pale man (Cortes) to be a god, with strange animals for riding (horses)!  Cortes took Montezuma hostage! He wanted gold!  The Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs with their guns germs and steel.

9. Hernan Cortes

10. Casa de Cortes

12. Ticket out the Door 1. What was the name of leader of the Spanish conquistadors that defeated the Aztecs? 2. What was the biggest factor out of the three that we discussed that defeated the Aztecs? 3. How was it so easy for Cortes to enter the Aztec capital city without being stopped?

13. Brain Jogger

16. The fall of the Inca  In 1532 Francisco Pizarro arrives on the coast of Peru.  Second Cousin of Hernan Cortes  He invites Incan Emperor Atahualpa to a feast and captures him!  Once again they were conquered with guns, germs and steel!

17. Shoulder Buddy  Why do you think the rest of the world did not try to help the native Inca and Aztec?  Why was Spain allowed to be so cruel to the natives?

20. Ticket out the Door  What was the name of the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca?  What was the name of the Inca Capital?

22. Columbian Exchange  Crops, Goods, Animals, and even Diseases were “exchange,” or traded between the Old World (Europe, and Africa) and the New World (Americas).  Name after Columbus and his voyage in 1492 that started the “trading” of culture.  Opened up Europe, Africa, and the Americas to new crops, and animals that they had never seen before.  The disease destroyed the Native American populations. Europeans were immune.

24. Colombian Exchange Journal  Choose:  You are either a native Latin American or European Colonist  Based on the person you have chosen write a journal entry pretending to be that person and tell about how your life has changed since the Colombian exchange has been taking place.  What new foods, animals illnesses are you seeing?  What has been good? What has been bad?  Include a realistic date, start Dear Journal, and sign your name at the bottom.