Aztec Beginnings
The Aztec World
Aztec Society
Aztec Engineering
Aztec Home Life
100
What is the legend about what the Aztecs were supposed to look for to determine where they should make their home?
An eagle sitting on a cactus with a snake in its mouth.
100

How would the Spanish have described the Aztecs.

Brutal, vicious, barbaric, etc.

100
How did the other tribes feel about the Aztec?
They hated the Aztec.
100
What are the long bridges called that connect Tenochtitlan to the mainland?
Causeways
100
What was the staple crop of the Aztec?
Corn
200
What is the Legend of the Five Suns?
There are five worlds and the Aztec are living in the fifth.
200
What did the conquered tribes have to do for the Aztec?
They had to pay tributes such as gold, silver, or turquoise.
200
Why did the Aztec believe that the god's liked human sacrifice?
Because after the sacrifices were completed, the darkness over the earth disappeared and the sun came back.
200

What did the Aztec build on which to grow their food?

Floating gardens or chinampas.

200
What did boys learn at the nobles school?
Warfare, astronomy, hieroglyphs, reading the Codex, history, religion.
300
What was the last emperor of Aztec?
Montezuma II
300
Why did Montezuma II think the world was coming to an end?
Because Montezuma II saw a comet cross the sky.
300
Why did the Aztec perform human sacrifice?
To give the sun energy to rise in the morning.
300

What massive structure did the Aztec build in the center of their city.

The pyramids/temple.

300
In what did the Aztec record information about their civilization?
The Codex
400
What is the year that the Aztecs began?
1325 A.D.
400

Who did the Aztec typically choose for their human sacrifice?

Captured warriors from other tribes.

400

Which groups of people were considered one social class higher than farmers, fishers and women?

Merchants, artisans, soldiers.

400

Why did the Aztecs build temples/pyramids?

Because they felt that it brought them closer to the gods.

400

What did Aztec parents do with children that misbehaved? Be specific.

They held them over the a fire filled with red chili peppers.

500

This god sent the Aztecs on the journey to find Tenochtitlan.

Huitzilopochtli

500
Who performed the human sacrifices?
The priests.
500
What did the Aztec believe about dying in battle?
They believed that it was an honor to die in battle.
500
What did the Aztec build to bring water down from the mountains?
Aqueducts
500
Where did the Aztec sell all of their goods?
The market
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