Aztec Society
This was the capital city of the Aztec Empire, built on an island in Lake Texcoco.
What is Tenochtitlan?
This country sent Hernán Cortés to the Americas.
What is Spain?
After the conquest, the Spanish renamed much of the conquered land this.
What is New Spain?
This Spanish conquistador led the expedition that defeated the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
These floating garden islands helped the Aztecs grow food.
What are chinampas?
This social class of Aztec society included rulers, nobles, and priests.
What is the upper class?
Many Spanish explorers came to the Americas looking for these three things: gold, glory, and this.
What is God?
The Spanish often forced Indigenous people to convert to this religion.
What is Christianity?
Cortés gained help from Indigenous groups who disliked Aztec rule because they were forced to pay this.
What is tribute?
This crop was one of the most important foods in the Aztec diet.
What is corn?
Most Aztec people belonged to this group, which included farmers, artisans, and workers.
What is the commoner class?
This word means to claim control over another land and its people.
What is colonize?
This term refers to people of mixed Indigenous and Spanish ancestry.
What is mestizo?
The fall of this city in 1521 marked the defeat of the Aztec Empire.
What is Tenochtitlan?
This item was often used as money in Aztec trade.
What are cacao beans?
The Aztec emperor who ruled when Cortés arrived was this man.
Who is Montezuma II?
This was one major advantage the Spanish had because they came from Europe.
What is better weapons and technology?
This system gave Spanish settlers control over land and Indigenous labour.
What is the encomienda system?
This interpreter and adviser helped Cortés communicate with Indigenous peoples.
Who is La Malinche?
This was the name for the busy Aztec marketplaces where people bought and sold goods.
What are tiyānquiztli/markets?
What is Tlatelolco?
This system helped the Aztecs gain wealth and power from conquered peoples.
What is the collection of goods and services from conquered groups/ tribute system?
This disease, brought by Europeans, killed many Indigenous people who had no immunity.
What is smallpox?
This is the long-term process where one culture changes or replaces another culture’s language, religion, and traditions.
What is assimilation?
One reason the Aztecs were weakened during the conquest was the spread of smallpox and this deadly disease.
What is Dysentery?
The Aztecs believed in many gods, which means their religion was this type.
What is polytheistic?