Spanish conquistadors received grants from Spanish rulers to explore (1) ___ in the Americas. In 1519, (2)___ landed on the east coast of Mexico. He was welcomed into the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán by the Aztec emperor, (3)___, whom he then took prisoner. In 1532, (4) ___ captured the Inca ruler, (5) ___, and destroyed much of the Incan army. The conquistadors conquered the Aztecs and the Incas partly because the Spanish had weapons such as (6) ___. The Europeans unknowingly brought (7) ___ to which Native Americans had no immunity. Continue on next page. Reading and Analyzing a Time Line A time line lists events that occurred over a period of time. The number of years covered is called a time span, and the segments are called time intervals. A time line can show events in more than one place. Use the time line to answer the questions that follow. 9 Points ____________________________ 8. ____________________________ 9. ____________________________ 10. ____________________________ 11. ____________________________ 12. ____________________________ 13. ____________________________ 14. ____________________________ 15. Spain in North America (8) ___, the first Spaniard to land on the mainland of North America, was searching for gold and the (9) ___. Tales of the seven cities of gold told by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1536 inspired the explorations of (10) ___ and (11) ___. Spanish Rule The Spanish developed a complex (12) ___ system in the Americas. The Spanish government granted each conquistador the right to demand taxes or labor from the Native Americans, which turned the Native Americans into (13) ___. Bartolomé de Las Casas helped improve conditions for Native Americans. By the mid-1500s, however, the Spanish had forced (14) ___ to work as slaves on the Spanish tobacco and sugarcane