chapter 10 final review Flashcards
Who was Hernan Cortes?
He grew up in Spain, and he gathered a bunch of troops to fight the Aztecs.
What was Cortes’s personality like?
Adventurous, liked to argue, mischievous, strong opinionated
Which place did Cortes decided would be good to make his fortune?
The Caribbean Islands
What was the Conquistador Formula?
They would set out on a voyage, try and make peace with the people in the new land, they would invite leaders to exchange gifts(then threaten to kill him), then they would fight, the leader would remain in power of the place the Spanish conquered.
While Cortes remained in Cuba, who was the second in command to?
Cortes was second in command to Governor Velazquez.
What place did Cortes want to learn more about?
He wanted to learn more about Tenochtitlan and the Aztecs
Who did Cortes get to help finance an expedition to the Yucatan?
Governor Velazquez.
In a few months, how many ships, fighting men, sailors, Indigenous slaves, and horses did Cortes have?
11 ships, 508 men, 100 sailors, 200 slaves, and 16 horses.
What did Velazquez do before Cortes set sail, why did he do this?
He tried to cancel the expedition, because he worried that Cortes would get all the glory for his discoveries and not recognize over the new lands Cortes might conquer.
Before striking inland to the Aztec Empire, what did Cortes establish?
He established a town La Villa Rica de la Velazquez before he attacked.
After this, who was Cortes now responsible to?
He was now responsible to king Carlos instead of Velazquez.
What did Cortes do with his 11 ships?
He sent one ship to Spain with all he had collected so far, and sank the other ten, this made it impossible for anyone who was still loyal to Velazquez to escape from cuba
What kind of weapons did the Spanish have that were superior to the Aztec weapons?
Sword, halberd, crossbow, gun type things
What things did Cortes do to “show off” when he arrived in the Aztec land?
They were long rifle like that were fired from the shoulders and cannons.
What was the third advantage the Spanish had over the Aztecs?
The third advantage that they had over the Aztecs was horses.
How did disease affect the Aztecs?
The Aztecs were not immune to the diseases that the Spanish brought, so they were getting sick and weren’t able to fight as they usually could.
What were the “Flower Wars”
Ritual battles aimed at getting victims for sacrifice to the Aztecs gods.
How did Cortes use the victims of the flower wars to his advantage?
The flower wars were aimed at getting human sacrifices, so these practices made some of the Aztec neighbors enemies which cortes used to his advantage.
Who was Malinche?
She was a woman was the translator between Moctezuma, and Cortes, because she could speak Mayan, and Nahuatl. She was given to Cortes as a slave when he and his army defeated the Tabascan people.
What 3 languages could Malinche speak?
She spoke Mayan, Nahuatl, and spanish.
What religion did Malinche convert to, and what was she known as?
She converted to Christian, and was known as Dona Marina
Malinche became Cortes’s ______and ______?
Spy or advisor
Who were the Totonacs?
They invited Cortes into their capital city and complained about the tributes the Aztecs collected. So Cortes agreed to give them protection from the Aztecs in exchange for warriors.
Who were the Tlaxcalans?
They fought against the Spanish but the spanish held them off and tried to make a deal, They agreed and gave them 1000 of their own soldiers to the Spanish forces.
