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Teaching Two worlds collide: Montezuma and Cortez

Two worlds collide: Montezuma and Cortez

Montezuma was the unluckiest of kings. History elected him to oversee the ruin of the last great Central American empire.

USHistory.org

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

What role did the timing of Cortez's arrival play in the defeat of the Aztecs?
STANDARDS:
RH.2 - Main Ideas, RH.3 - Historical Process

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

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