Aztec Origins & Beliefs
The Aztecs decide to build their new home where...
What is where they saw an eagle perched on a cactus.
This floating farming system allowed the Aztecs to grow crops on the lake.
What are chinampas?
The emperor was known to the Aztecs as...
Who is The Great Speaker
Who was allowed to attend school?
Who are all children
These were extended family groups that shared land and responsibilities.
What are calpolli
This was the main god of the Aztecs, especially associated with the sun and war.
Who was Huitzilopochtli?
These were built to carry fresh water into Tenochtitlan.
What are aqueducts.
These were payments made by conquered peoples in goods like food, gold, and cloth.
What are tributes?
Trained for the following careers in Aztec society: midwives, matchmakers, priestesses
Who are women?
These were folded books made from bark paper or animal skins.
What are codices
Where did the Aztecs get many of the people they sacrificed?
Who are war captives?
How did chinampas help the Aztecs expand their population and economy?
What is grow extra food and support a large population.
This group advised the emperor and helped make important political and military decisions.
At what age did boys become active soldiers?
What is 15?
The form of currency in Aztec society
What are cocoas beans?
The Aztecs believed this was necessary to keep the sun rising and the world in balance.
What is human sacrifice.
What is one type of crop grown by the Aztecs?
What are maize, beans, squash and chili peppers.
Nobles, commoners, enslaved people, and the emperor were part of this structured system.
What is the Aztec social hierarchy?
The 2 types of schools in Aztec society
What is Calmecac and Telpochcalli?
How did someone become a slave in Aztec society?
What is debt, punishment, or being captured in war.
How did the Aztecs celebrate when the the sacred calendar caught up with the solar calendar?
What is the New Fire ceremony.
What lake was Tenochtitlan built on?
What is lake texcoco?
The 5 elements of good citizenship
What is modesty, clean living, obedience, courage and self-sacrifice
When a boy was born this is where the umbilical cord was buried
The battlefield
The following: priests, warriors and government officials are possible careers for which social class?
Who are nobles?