Worldviews: Chapter
10
A DEADLY MEETING
Worldview Inquiry
How might differences in worldview contribute to the
dominance of one culture over another?
IN WHAT WAYS DO WE IMPOSE OUR WORLD VIEW OR DOMINANCE ON OTHERS? WHY?
READ MOCTEZUMA’S STORY ON PAGE 215 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTION. WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU HAVE GIVEN MOCTEZUMA IF YOU HAD
BEEN ON HIS COUNCIL?
HERNAN CORTES – THE CONQUISTADORS
READ PAGE 216 AND DESCRIBE THE FEATURES OF SPAINISH WORLDVIEW AS THEY COME UP IN THE
DESCRIPTION OF CORTES.
THE CONQISTADORS FORMULA [ READ PAGE 216-217]
STRENGHTS
WEAKNESSES
ISSUES THAT YOU WOULD
ENCOUNTER
WOULD YOU USE THIS FORMULA “AS IS” TODAY? YES / NO
WHY?
HOW WOULD YOU CONQUER A NATION TODAY? WHAT SORT OF TOOLS AND STRATEGIES WOULD YOU
NEED?
WRITE YOUR FORMULA OF HOW YOU WOULD CONQUER A NATION TODAY?
STEP
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READ PAGES 221-222 THE RICHEST MAN WHO EVER CROSSED THE SEAS
CORTES – WHAT SORT OF WORLDVIEW DID CORTES
HAVE?
READ PAGE 223-226 ON THE TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE AZTECS AND THE SPAINISH
ARMIES.
HIGHLIGHT THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES IN WEAPONRY
AZTEC WEAPONS
WAR CLUB
SPAINISH WEAPONS
SWORD
WOODEN SPEAR
HAILBERD
ATLARI[ SOEARTHROWER]
CROSSBOW
THE IMPACT OF THESE NEW WEAPONS
MUSKETS-CANNONS-
WEAPONS UNKNOWN TO THE AZTECS –
MUSKETS / CANNONS-
SPAINSH THIRD MILITARY ADVANTAGE
AN AZTEC DESCRIPTION OF THE HORSE
HORSE AS WEAPON [ PAGE 226]
THE ROLE OF DISEASE
DISEASE – SPAINISH ADVANTAGE
ZOOM IN WHY DID SMALLPOX DEVASTATE THE AZTECS?
WHAT WAS THE PRIMARY EFFECT OF THE EPIDEMIC?
WHAT WAS THE SECONDARY EFFECT?
WHY DO YOU THINK THERE WAS NO MENTION OF
MEDICAL HELP?
INVASION- SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE AZTECS AND THE SPAINISH [ PAGES 229]
FLOWER WARS
SPAINISH STRATEGY
USING AN INTERMEDIARY- MALINCHE
CONQUEST OF TENOCHTITLAN
MAKE A TIMELINE WITH THE SEVEN MAIN POINTS OF THE CONQUEST OF TENOCHTITLAN IN ORDER.
[ USE PAGES 231-233]
TIMELINE EVENTS
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