Geography
What was the main city of the Aztecs?
What is Tenochtitlan?
Who was the god that brought the Aztecs to Tenochtitlan?
Who is Huitzilopochtli?
What was the highest position in the Aztec hierarchical system?
What is the emperor?
Why was trade important for the Aztecs?
To obtain food and resources due to their physical environment.
What type of school did nobles attend?
What is calmecac?
What type of landform acted as a rain barrier for the Aztecs?
What are steep mountains?
Why did the Aztecs believe they needed to perform human sacrifices?
To keep the gods happy.
What was the name of the family units in Aztec society?
What are calpolli?
What role did merchants play besides trading goods?
They acted as spies.
What was the primary method of learning in schools for commoners?
What is memorization?
How did the Aztecs manage to separate fresh water from salt water?
What are floating islands (Chinampas)?
How many periods of time did the Aztecs believe existed before their current one?
What are five periods?
Who was the last emperor of the Aztecs?
Who is Monctezuma?
What type of tribute did conquered peoples have to pay to the Aztecs?
A type of tax.
At what age did students typically start their education?
What is around 15 years old?
What structures were built to help control flooding in Tenochtitlan?
What are dams?
What significant ceremony marked the alignment of the solar and sacred calendars?
What is the New Fire Ceremony?
How did the Aztec society differ from many other Indigenous communities?
It had a hierarchical system that was not rigid.
What was a consequence for many conquered people in the Aztec empire?
They were enslaved or offered in human sacrifice.
What mandatory training did boys from both noble and common classes undergo?
What is military training?
What was the purpose of the causeways built by the Aztecs?
What was to connect the island of Tenochtitlan to the mainland?
In Aztec belief, how were gods perceived in relation to their lives?
As real people who controlled all aspects of their lives.
What qualities were expected of an ideal Aztec citizen?
Courageous, modest, obedient, clean living, and self-sacrificing for society.
Describe the relationship between trade and the Aztec conquests.
Trade relationships helped the Aztecs conquer surrounding areas.
What skills did students learn at calmecac schools?
Reading and writing glyphs, along with career training.