Aztec Life
This term refers to government officials in the empire
What are bureaucrats?
The Aztec Empire lived in this modern day country
What is Mexico?
This trade route is considered one of the most important in history, which started in China and ended in Europe
What is the Silk Road?
This man was the leader of the Spanish explorers
Who is Hernan Cortes?
This Spanish had this important weapon that the Aztec didn't
What are guns?
This social class was the largest share of the Aztec population
What are commoners?
The Aztec built their capital city around this lake
What is Lake Texcoco?
He was the first emperor of Rome
Who is Augustus?
Cortes used this method to ensure his men didn't go back home to Spain before they conquered the Aztec
What is by burning his boats?
This 3 word phrase is used to remember the advantages the Spanish had over the Aztec
What is Guns, Germs, and Steel?
Aztec nobles had many jobs...including this one (name 1)
What is priest; judge; governor?
This was the capital of the Aztec Empire
What is Tenochtitlan
This man was the founder of Islam
The Spanish only discovered the Aztec after this man discovered the New World
Who is Columbus?
The Spanish were lucky that this man, a weak and ineffective leader, was emperor of the Aztec
Who is Moctezuma II?
This is how slaves were received in the empire
What is being prisoners of war?
After the Spanish took it over, Tenochtitlan became this city
What is Mexico City?
This man (who would go on to become emperor of Rome) converted to Christianity after seeing a cross in the sky before an important battle
Who is Constantine?
The Spanish were looking for this place when they discovered the Aztec
What is El Dorado?
This disease is what killed most of the Aztec
What is smallpox?
This is the most important reason the Aztec sacrificed people
This is the temple that was in the center of Tenochtitlan (hint: its where they sacrificed people)
What is Templo Mayor?
This man was the first Shogun of Japan
Who is Yoritomo?
This term refers to Spanish explorers
What are conquistadors?
There were about this many Spanish when they marched on Tenochtitlan
What is 500?