Spanish Conquest of Mexico Part 1

3. The Aztecs may have sacrificed as many as twenty ___________ (number) people each year.
5. The Nahuatl city of ___________ was loyal to the Aztecs. Many of its men were killed by the Spanish because they feared were going to kill them.
6. Cortes' boss was the governor of Cuba, Diego _____________.
7. To prevent his men from returning to Cuba, Cortes burned his own _________________.
8. Malinche, also known as Doña _________ was a Nahuatl woman who acted as interpreter for Cortes and later married a Spanish man.

1. Before the Spanish conquered Mexico, they set up colonies in the Carribean islands of _________ and Hispaniola.
2. Many rich Spanish in the Caribbean made the natives work the ______ mines.
3. The ____________ were Nahautl Indians who helped the Spanish over-throw the Aztecs.
4. The first Spanish people to go to the New World were usually missionaries (such as priests) or _____________ who wanted to claim land for themselves and Spain.