These people originally lived in the desert lands of Northern Mexico.
Who are the Aztecs?
100
The Aztecs saw these as sacred holy sites. They surrounded Tenochtitlan like a fort, protecting the city from invaders.
What is the mountains?
100
Aztecs believed that _______ controlled every aspect of their world. They looked to _____ for signs on how to live.
Who are the gods?
100
As a result of conflict with other peoples along their great trek the aztecs developed 3 characteristics.
What is independence, discipline, and resourcefulness?
100
A collection of beliefs and values about life and the universe held by an individual or group; the overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world.
What is worldview?
200
God of the Aztecs
Who is Huitzilopochtli?
200
The mountains caused this problem
What is flash floods?
200
Aztecs had many gods. Name 4.
Who is Huitzilopochtli, Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl, Tlaloc?
200
The aztecs did not always conquer their neighbours. Sometimes Aztecs formed _____________and _______________ alliances with the people around them.
What is trading and defensive alliances?
200
At the centre of the Aztec calendar
What is Tonatiuh the god of the fifth sun sticking out his tongue.
300
Aztec god commanded the people to migrate south and told them to look for this. Once they found this sign they should settle and build a great city.
What is an eagle on a cactus.
300
To make sure they had plenty of clean drinking water even in times of drought the Aztecs built this.
What is an aqueduct?
300
The Aztecs had 2 of these. A solar and a sacred.
What are calendars.
300
Military service among the Aztecs was
What is compulsory?
300
One reason war was so important to the Aztecs
What is captives provided new victims for sacrifice.
400
In 1325 the Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico. Many thousands of ____________ were already there.
What is people who lived in large cities built of stone?
400
______________ that surrounded Tenochtitlan, also provided safety from their enemies.
What is Lake Texcoco?
400
The strongest expression of devotion to the gods.
What is human sacrifice?
400
Once Aztecs conquered another group they began to collect
What is tribute?
400
The lakes around Tenochtitlan were filled with __________ water
What is salt?
500
The Aztecs called their home.
What is Technotitlan.
500
The key to Aztec success as farmers was the _________ or floating islands they built in the waters around Tenochtitlan and other areas to grow their crops.
What is Chinampa?
500
Aztecs believed that the earth was a round flat disk divided into 4 sections. They believed this was the centre of the world.
What is tenochtitlan?
500
These were used as currency
What are cocoa beans?
500
The Aztecs searched for a home for over ____ years.