1. use the internet or other resources to research the aztecs and their relationship to cortes; and the incas and their relationship to pizarro.
2. explain how the aztecs and cortes interacted with each other, and what happened as a result of their meeting.
3. also, explain how the inca and pizarro interacted with each other, and what happened as a result of their meeting.
4. analyze the impact each explorer (cortes and pizarro) had on the people he conquered, by explaining how the economy and the lives of the people changed.
explain how spain profited from these voyages.

2.When Cortés expedition was sailing around the Yucatán peninsula they rescued a shipwrecked spaniard Jerónimo de Aguilar, that had been living among the Maya for years and was fluent in Maya. So, he had news that there was a rich kingdom (the aztecs) to the west.

When the expedition reached Tabasco, the spanish fought against the Tabasco cacique, they won a battle, and got as a gift some slave women. One of these women was La maliche. She was propably a princess or an important lady that the aztecs took captive, and sold or gave to the Tabasco cacique. She was an enemy of the aztecs, and she spoke both nahuatl (the aztec language) and mayan.

When the spanish were in contact with the aztecs, Cortes communicated to them talking to Jerónimo, then him to Maliche, and she to the aztecs. She eventually learned spanish and Jerónimo was not needed anymore in the communication channel.

Malinche was of noble blood, was educated, spoke two languages, and knew the political conflicts and believes of the aztecs.

She was able to explain Cortés that aztecs believed he was Quetzalcoatl, was able to close alliances with the Tlaxcaltecs enemies of the aztecs, discovered an aztec ambush in Cholula, and was lover of Cortés. She was the mother of one of first mestizos. The result was the conquer of Mexico and the creation of the New Spain kingdom. A kingdom that was result of Cortés vision and the complex interactions of two cultures that created a new one.

3.On this day in History, Pizarro Executes Last Inca Emperor on Aug 29, 1533. ... Francisco Pizarro was the son of a Spanish gentleman and worked as a ... The Spanish christened the new land Peru, probably after the Vire River. ... On November 16, Atahuallpa arrived at the meeting place with an escort of several thousand.

4.I briefly learned about the Aztec and Inca's and from what I know, Cortes and Pizarro were both Spanish conquistadors. Cortes conquered the Aztec empire brutally, killing many common people as well as soldiers, much of Aztecs wealth was taken away and the Aztec people lived under Spanish rule for approximately 300 years. Hope that help!