NOVEMBER+3+2010


 * UNIT 1: OUR COLONIAL HERITAGE**
 * CHAPTER 2: New Empires in the Americas (1400-1750)**
 * SECTION 3: SPAIN BUILDS AN EMPIRE**  NOVEMBER 3 2010

**ESSENTIAL QUESTION** : //What was the impact of European exploration on the Americas’ land and people?//

**__Objectives:__** //Students will learn how …// **1.** Spanish conquistadors conquered the Aztec and Inca empires. **2.** Spanish explorers traveled through the borderlands of New Spain, claiming more land. **3.** Spanish settlers treated Native Americans harshly, forcing them to work on plantations and in mines.

**__Vocabulary:__** Liberators Resistance

HERNAN CORTEZ CONQUERS THE AZTEC EMPIRE PIZARRO CONQUERS THE INCA EMPIRE