Location/Cities
What present-day country was home to the Aztec Empire?
Mexico
What type of farming islands did the Aztecs create in lakes?
Chinampas
The most important part of the Aztec religion was the _______.
Sun
The Aztec Empire was made up of __________ ________.
City-States
What did women do in the Aztec time period?
What was the name of the Aztec capital city, built on an island in Lake Texcoco?
Tenochtitlan
Most people in Aztec society were _________.
The Aztecs performed _______ & ________ to give the sun strength.
Rituals and Sacrifices
Did the Aztec Emperor interfere with the city - states?
No, they did not.
What was the name of the Spanish Conquistador who came to the civilization and took over the city of Tenochtitlan?
Hernan Cortes
According to Aztec legend, they settled where they saw an eagle eating a snake while perched on what?
A cactus
Another word for farmers is ________________.
Commoners
True or False
The Aztec worshipped only one god.
False.
Many gods, but some were more powerful than others.
Each city state had to pay the king a tribute. What was this called? And, what are some things they would use?
Tax. Food, Cotton, Gold or Slaves
What was the main cause of the fall of the Aztecs?
When the Spanish invaded the Aztecs, they brought along diseases like smallpox and mumps that ended the civilization.
What modern city is built on the ruins of Tenochtitlán?
Mexico City
City-States had to give some portion of their crops to the Aztec ruler as _______.
Taxes
_____________ were important in Aztec architecture. The major cities all had one.
Pyramids
What was the name of the Aztec's spoken language?
Nahuatl
Who helped the Empire?
Under his rule, the Aztec had reached its height.
Montezuma ll
This city was build on a ______ named ______.
Lake named Lake Texcoco
Through the work of ____________, we have learned a lot about the ancient world of Mesoamerica.
Archeologists
An Aztec book is called a _____.
Codex
Aztec men were typically _________ , ___________ and ___________.
Hunters, warriors, builders