1. Inquiry Question:
what are the Most significant differences between the Spanish and aztec worldview that lead to the dominance of one culture over another?

2. What happens when two worldviews collide?
What happens when worldviews collide
Why is this important to us?

3. Why was geography important to the Aztecs?

4. La geographía manda = Geography controls everything
Think, Pair, Share!
Do you agree with this saying? What about in your own life?

5. Geography
Spain’s location between Africa and Europe had a major influence on its religious history
Beginning of Middle Ages Spain was mostly Christian (like the rest of Europe)

6. Early 700s: Muslim forces moved through Spain
Within a few years Muslims had conquered almost the entire Iberian Peninsula

7. Al Andalus (Muslim Spain)
Arab Islamic world was a part of the largest economic trade zone. This included the exchange of goods and ideas between many different cultures
Muslim society:
Supported the arts
Valued learning and education

8. Reconquista = Reconquer
Reconquista: used by Christian Kingdoms to expand their power and influence. It was also a war based on religious differences

9. How did geography influence Spain’s religion?

10. Creating a Christian Spain
The Reconquista took hundreds of years to complete, and many Christian forces from throughout Spain came to help with the fight
Once the final Muslim province of Granada fell, Spain was united under one religion

11. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella were extremely devoted to their religion
In order to continue uniting Spain under one religion, they took over the Spanish Inquisition
Spanish Inquisition: those who believed in religions other than Catholicism (such as Judaism and Islam) were put on trial.
Those who were not Catholic had two choices—convert or be exiled.
Some decided to leave Spain, some simply pretended to convert
"Prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition." Gale World History in Context, Gale, 2007. World History in Context

12. Both Muslim and Jewish individuals lived in constant fear that they would be discovered and punished by the Spanish Inquisition
"Engraving of an execution and attempted conversion in the Caribbean, sixteenth century. According to..." Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, edited by Jay Kinsbruner and Erick D. Langer, 2nd ed., vol. 1, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008. World History in Context