Aztec Empire and Inca Empire

Aztec Civilization Lived on a lake called Lake Texcoco. Tenochtitlan-Aztec city. The Aztec people eventually ruled over what is now Modern Mexico. Conquered people would be slaves, or killed as a sacrifice to the gods.

Hernan Cortez A conquistador from Spain. -Spanish conquerors landed on the coast of Mexico in 1519. The Aztec people believed he was a god named Quetzalcoatl. Montezuma- ruler of the Aztec.

Conquest Spanish forces seized Montezuma. The Aztec forces weren’t ready for the Europeans on horseback, with cannons and swords. Spanish also spread smallpox to the Indians. Destroyed the entire Tenochtitlan city.

Inca The Inca were South American people living in the Andes mountains. Built Roadways through the mountains. Famous city- Machu Picchu Quipa- Rope with knots. Kept Inca records. Like the Aztec Empire the Inca faced European conquest.

Francisco Pizarro Landed on the pacific coast of South America in 1530 with a 180 men. Like Cortez, Pizarro brought horses, cannons, and steel weapons.

Goal of the conquests - Pizarro captured Atahualpa he requested that he get all the gold the city had and his life would be saved However Atahualpa was still executed. Mercantilism-Economy based exports over imports and having large supplies of gold and silver

Columbian Exchange Encomienda- granted by Queen Isabella to allow Spanish Settlers to use Native Americans as Labor. Columbian Exchange- Exchange between Europe and the Americas taking plants and animals. Columbian Exchange was also the exchange of diseases like small pox.