INTERESTING FACTS
This is the present-day city that sits on the ruins of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.
What is Mexico City
This essential agricultural product, also known as corn, was the staple of the Aztec diet.
What is maize?
This disease, brought by the Spanish, that killed the indigenous population and weakened their defense.
What is smallpox?
The Aztecs performed rituals to honor their many gods; the most critical structures for these ceremonies were large buildings featuring two stone temples at the peak.
What is a double pyramid / Great Temple?
He was the Spanish conquistador who led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
The Aztecs settled in The Valley of Mexico after spotting a legendary site on a swampy island.
What is an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its beak?
Made from sharp volcanic glass, this material was used by the Aztecs to carve blades, arrowheads, and tools.
What is obsidian?
These were the artificial "floating gardens" the Aztecs used for agriculture.
What are chinampas?
Standing at the center of Tenochtitlan, this massive double pyramid was dedicated to the rain god Tlaloc and the fierce sun and war god.
Who is Huitzilopochtli?
The last Aztec emperor who fought against the Spanish during the siege of Tenochtitlan.
Who is Cuauhtémoc?
To travel and transport goods around their island capital, the Aztecs utilized these waterways.
What is canals?
Instead of being buried in public cemeteries, deceased family members were frequently laid to rest in this location.
What is under their house?
The Spanish called themselves as this, translating to "conquerors".
What are conquistadors?
The Aztecs believed the world had been destroyed and recreated this many times before the current era.
What is 4 (meaning the current world is the 5th)?
She was the indigenous woman who served as an interpreter and advisor to Hernán Cortés.
Who is La Malinche?
What was the capital city of the Aztec empire built in?
What was Lake Texcoco?
The Aztecs practiced a strict social hierarchy where commoners, known as the macehualtin, made up the majority of society.
What is the commoner class?
The Aztec language was spoken throughout their empire.
What is Nahuatl?
What does the number 9 mean?
What are the 9 levels of the underworld?
As the ninth emperor of Mexico, he was the Aztec leader who was taken hostage by the Spanish.
Who is Moctezuma II?
At its peak before the Spanish Conquest, Tenochtitlan had an estimated population between 200,000-300,000 making it a larger than this European capital.
What is London, Paris, or Madrid
The Aztecs used two calendars: a 260-day sacred calendar and a 365-day solar calendar used for this purpose.
What is agriculture (or tracking the seasons)?
This was the name of the "Triple Alliance" army that the Spanish needed to overcome.
What is the Aztec Empire?
What does the number 13 mean in Aztec culture?
What are the 13 levels of heaven?
The Spanish king who authorized Cortés's expedition to the mainland
Who is Charles V?