Vocab
A Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico from 1300 to 1521
The Aztecs
What animal did the Aztecs see on a prickly pear cactus tree?
Eagle
Which building contained an aviary and a zoo?
The Royal Palace
What did the Aztecs do to people they conquered in battle?
The Aztecs preferred to sacrifice prisoners rather than kill them in battle. (Another possible answer: some were kept as slaves)
Tenochtitlan
An Aztec city that was built on an island on Lake Texcoco
The act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms, politics or being like-minded.
Conformity
The Aztecs built the city of Tenochtitlan on an island in the middle of a ______.
Lake (Lake Texcoco)
The Aztecs created an ________ to carry fresh water into the city from miles away.
Aqueduct
Name one item that could be given as tribute.
Food, cacao, gems, cotton, animals, animal skins, shells, building materials, soldiers
Tzompantli (pronounced: Som-pant-li)
skull rack used to display the skulls of the sacrificed
When people, groups, or countries agree to work together
Alliance
What is one reason why the location of Tenochtitlan helped the Aztecs?
Possible answers: they are protected on all sides, there is fresh water, plenty of birds and fish to eat
Where did the sacrifices take place?
The Great Temple
Name one weapon that an Aztec soldier would use.
Bow and arrow, spears, clubs, swords with sharp stone blades
Chinampas
small artificial islands built by the Aztecs for farming
A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army
Mercenary
Name one of the two groups that lived in the Valley of Mexico before the Aztecs.
Teotihuacans or Toltecs
Name one of the architectural features the Aztecs had to use in their capital since it was located in the middle of a lake.
Chinampas or Causeways
The Aztecs were defeated in 1519 by thousands of tribes they had previously conquered and who else?
The Spanish
Macuahuitl (Mak-wa-hwee-Til)
A wooden sword with obsidian blades embedded into the sides
A raised road or track across low or wet ground
causeway
The ________ built the Pyramid of the Sun, which stood over 200 feet high.
Teotihuacans
About ________ people would come to the main market daily to sell and trade.
60,000
How many years did the Aztec Empire last?
Over 200 years (1300-1521)
cuahchicqueh (pronounced: kwa-cheek-kweh)
The highest rank of Aztec warrior (victory or death)