Geography
WHAT IS THIS? A FLOATING ISLAND BUILT TO GROW CROPS.
CHINAMPA
A FORM OF CURRENCY USED BY THE AZTEC
CACAO BEANS
GOD, GLORY, GOLD
WHAT EPIDEMIC BROKE OUT AND EFFECTED THE AZTECS?
SMALLPOX
TRUE OR FALSE. EVERY AZTEC GIRL REGARDLESS OF THEIR SOCIAL STATUS WENT TO SCHOOL.
TRUE
NAME OF AZTEC CAPITAL CITY
TENOCHTITLAN
TRUE OR FALSE: AFTER TAKING OVER THE AZTEC EMPIRE, THE SPANISH MADE THINGS BETTER FOR THE SURVIVING AZTEC
FALSE (THEY MADE THEM SLAVES)
HUMAN SACRIFICE ALLOWED _______ GODS TO LIVE.
AZTEC
ARRESTING AND TORTURING PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT CHRISTIANS IN SPAIN WAS CALLED THE:
SPANISH INQUISITION
THE BELIEF THAT YOUR WAY OF LIFE IS BETTER THAN ALL OTHERS
ETHNOCENTRISM
WHY DID THE AZTECS SETTLE IN TENOCHTITLAN?
THEIR GOD HUITZILOPOCHTLI TOLD THEM TO SETTLE WHEN THEY FOUND AN EAGLE PERCHED ON A CACTUS HOLDING A SNAKE
TRUE OR FALSE: THE AZTEC PLACED A HIGH VALUE ON GOLD AND IT WAS SEEN AS A PRECIOUS RESOURCE.
FALSE
THE REASON THAT THE AZTECS BELIEVED THEY HAD TO SACRIFICE PEOPLE TO THE GODS.
THE GODS NEEDED HUMAN BLOOD TO NURISH THEM AND KEEP THEM HAPPY
HOW COULD YOU MOVE UP IN THE AZTEC HIERARCHY?
SHOW GREAT MILITARY STRENGTH
AZTEC "BOOKS" WHICH WERE MADE UP OF PICTURES AND SYMBOLS WERE CALLED?
CODICES
WHERE DID CORTES AND HIS MEN CONQUER BEFORE GOING TO TENOCHTITLAN?
CUBA.
DEFINE TRIBUTE
VALUABLE GIFTS OR TAXES PAYED TO THE AZTECS FROM THE CONQUERED GROUP.
WHO DID THE AZTECS THINK WOULD RETURN ONE DAY?
QUETZALCOATL
LIST THE THREE TOP POSITIONS ON THE AZTEC SOCIAL HIERARCHY.
EMPEROR, NOBILITY AND PRIESTS, MERCHANTS ARTISANS AND SOLDIERS.
HOW WAS THE AZTEC EDUCATION SYSTEM DIVIDED
BOYS AND GIRLS WENT TO SEPARATE SCHOOLS. NOBLES AND COMMONERS WENT TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AS WELL.
HOW DID GEOGRAPHY IMPACT SPANISH WORLDVIEW
-MAKES IT EASIER TO EXPLORE (A LOT OF COAST LINE)
-CLOSE TO NORTH AFRICA AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
-COUNTRY WAS DIVIDED BY MOUNTAINS AND STREAMS
DESCRIBE THE AZTEC ECONOMY
-BASED ON TRADE
-RELIED HEAVILY ON AGRICULTURE AND FARMING
-USED COTTON CLOTH AND COCAO BEANS AS CURRENCY
-ALL TRADE TOOK PLACE IN THE CENTRAL MARKETPLACE
HE WAS THE STRONGEST DEFENDER OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF NEW SPAIN
Father Bartolome de Las Casas
HOW DID THE AZTECS WORLDVIEW CHANGE?
LOSS OF IDENTITY, FREEDOM, RELIGION.
THE FINAL ACT THAT ENDED ANY CHANCE OF A PEACEFUL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SPANISH AND AZTEC
THE SORROWFUL NIGHT