Conquistadors PowerPoint Presentation

PowerPoint presentation: 18 slides

Objective: To examine the conquests of Hernando Cortés and Francisco Pizarro.

 

Key Terms and People:

Hernando Cortés

Conquistador

Aztecs

Moctezuma (Montezuma)

Allies

Tenochtitlán

Mexico City

Smallpox

Francisco Pizarro

Incas

Atahualpa

Lima

Multimedia:

Video – Prophecy of Quexalcote (3:00)               

Video – Culture Clash: The Aztecs and the Spanish (1:20)

Video – Various clips from the BBC documentary on Cortés and the Aztecs

Video – The Rise and Fall of the Incas (5:29)