Unit 1: Guns, Germs, & Steel

YOU WILL NEED HEADPHONES/EAR BUDS for this ACTIVITY!

STEP 1- Create a new DOCUMENT and name it CORTES, in your Google Drive folder UNIT 1.

STEP 2- Complete & Answer questions below in your CORTES* document. (There are two spellings for the name- Cortez and Cortes)

Source 1: Website- The Fall of the Aztecs

Focus on the following two things and take notes:

1. The Legend of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl

2. The fear the Aztecs had for the weapons of the Spanish conquistadors.

Source 2: Website- Cortes Arrives in Mexico

3. How did Cortes use psychological warfare (fear) to terrorize the Aztecs?

Source 3: Aztec Account of the Conquest

4. How did Montezuma regard Cortez?

5. How did Cortez present himself to Montezuma?

6. Who did the Spanish conquistadors kill in the massacre?

BIG QUESTION:

What specific things allowed Cortes to defeat the Aztecs?