Unit 2

Worldviews in Conflict



Activity


  1. Download the document, Reading/Study Guide Unit 2: Chapter 10, Lesson 3.
    Please save your work to a file on your desktop so you will have a copy to refer back to.

  2. Click on one of the links provided to download the document.

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  3. Read pages 229 and 230 of your textbook.
      • Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.

        • Why did Cortes need an interpreter?
        • What are some of the strategies Cortes used?

  4. Read pages 231 to 233 of your textbook.
      • Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.

        • What strategy did Moctezuma use?
        • Why did Cortes place Moctezuma under house arrest?
        • Did the Aztec people support Moctezuma?
        • What did the Spanish do to the city of Tenochtitlan as they captured it?

  5. When you are finished, proceed to the next page.