[3.1] Conquest in the Americas
Taino Society and response to Spanish
arrival
How did each of the following give the Spanish advantages?
Guns
Horses
What was the goal of adventurers like Cortez?
Name:
Spanish actions in West Indies
Diseases
What Aztec vulnerability did Cortez exploit?
How does Moctezuma’s response to Cortez’ approach reflect his uncertainty about who the Spanish really were?
What conditions prevented a Spanish victory over the
Aztecs in 1519?
What allowed them to prevail in 1521?
How might the Taino or the Aztecs have responded differently and more effectively to the Spanish? What advantages
would they have had?
Reasons Pizarro would have thought himself to be in a position of advantage over Atahualpa
How did the Spanish benefit from their conquests in the
Americas?
How was Native American culture affected during this
period?
How did the Spanish Conquest change the nature of the global economy
Please answer the following question on the back of this sheet. How was it possible for small groups of Spaniards to
defeat and conquer such large native Empires? Include at least four things that made this possible.