Aztec Religion & Beliefs
These 3 gods are the most important to the aztec society.
Who are Huitzilipoctech, Quetzalcoatl, Tezcatlipoca?
Steel swords, horses, and cannons are examples of
What weapons gave the Spanish an advantage during The Battle of Tenochtitlan?
This value helped the Aztecs bloom and grow into a large civilization.
What is citizenship
This is the main difference between the Spanish and Aztecs religion
What is Polytheism (Aztec) VS Monotheism (Spanish)
This disease killed more indeginous peoples than the fighting during the spanish conquest.
What is Smallpox?
This action preformed by the aztecs was believed to satisfy the gods and keep balance in the world.
What is Human Sacrifice?
This Spanish conquistador led the siege against the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
Who is Hernan Cortez
This class was divided 20% farmers/agraculture and 80% warriors.
What is the commoners class?
These three values represnt the main motivations for spanish exploration and colonization.
What are God, Gold, and Glory.
The arrival of the Spanish changed Aztec society by introducing new animals, technologies, and this religion.
what is Christianity?
the god that was believed to have controlled the wind
Who is Quetzlcoatl?
What is the name of an Indigenous tribe that allied with Cortes/Spain to help defeat the Aztecs.
Commoners went to telpochalli while nobles went to calmecac.
What were the aztec schools?
The Aztecs believed their gods sacrificed themselves to create the world so humans owed them this in return
What is human sacrfices.
The interaction between individuals or groups from distinct linguistic, religious, social, or ethnic backgrounds
What is Intercultural contact?
This is the other saying for the capital of the Aztec Empire, also known as Tenochtitlan.
What is "The Centre of the Universe"
To control the waters of Lake Texcoco and bypass Aztec canals, Cortés had 13 of these shallow-bottomed ships built in Tlaxcala and transported over land.
What are brigantines
This position is the top of the Aztec hierarchy and known as: great speaker, chief priest, commander-in-chief. He had the final say in the most important matters.
What is Huey Tlatoani?
The Aztecs and Spanish had been separated from each other for centuries. Their eventual meeting shows how ending this can lead to major changes in societies.
What is isolation?
To prevent the destruction of the cosmos, the Aztecs performed the "Binding of the Years" or New Fire Ceremony at the end of a cycle lasting this specific number of years, when the Pleiades crossed the meridian.
What is 52?
He was the last Aztec emperor, commanding the final defense of his capital until he was captured by the Spanish in August 1521.
Who was Cuauhtémoc
This is an example of the Aztec brilliance in structural design, this not only showcases the knowledge of architecture but also the importance of Aztec beliefs.
What were the Aztec temples?
name and describe 3 parts of aztec and spanish worldviews
aztecs- cooperation, citizenship and importance of others, valued others and working as a society. spanish- gold, god and glory, focused on getting as much land and wealth as possible, and spreading their area of control