OCTOBER+29+2010

OCTOBER 29 2010
 * UNIT 1: OUR COLONIAL HERITAGE**
 * CHAPTER 2: New Empires in the Americas (1400-1750)**
 * SECTION 3: SPAIN BUILDS AN EMPIRE**

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

**__Objectives:__** //Students will learn that …// **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:__** Bartolomé de Las Casas conquistadors encomienda system Francisco Pizarro Hernán Cortés Malintzin Moctezuma II plantations Juan Ponce de León

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