Class Structure
Family Life
Daily Life
Religion
Potpourri
100
This person was at the top of the social structure and his successor was chosen by a group of advisers
Who is the ruler?
100
This gender of commoner was in charge of building the house
What is the man?
100
Corn was the base of this group's diet
What is the commoners?
100
Aztecs knew themselves as this for their worship of the sun god
What is people of the sun?
100
These people were stationed at the market to ensure that sellers acted honestly
Who are guards?
200
Nobles included priests, government officials, and this other group
What are military leaders?
200
Aztec boys studied to become this in school
What is a soldier?
200
System of trading one good for another
What is the barter system?
200
Aztecs performed these to nourish the gods
What is blood sacrifices?
200
Married women had the the right to own property, trade goods, and this right pertaining specifically to their marriage
What is ask for divorce?
300
Priests conducted rituals, studied the sky, foretold the future, and performed this other task
What is ran the schools?
300
Practice of having more than one wife
What is polygamy?
300
Aztec families raised this animal for food
What is turkey?
300
Chief Aztec god
Who is Huitzilopochtli?
300
Aztecs believed their ruler was this term, which means half-human and half-god
What is semidivine?
400
Often a neighborhood, this political unit would loan land to commoners in order to farm
What is a ward?
400
Age women would get married
What is 16?
400
Cross shaped board game played by Aztecs that symbolized the 260 day Sacred Round
What is patolli?
400
Aztecs performed several thousand of these each year in an attempt to please the gods
What are human sacrifices?
400
This group made up 30% of the population and was considered lower than commoners
What is peasants?
500
This highest subgroup of commoners also known as traders, were respected for their ability to get rare goods from faraway places
What is pochteca?
500
Older women practiced matchmaking as well as this other profession
What is midwifery?
500
This ball game was played by Aztec nobility
What is Tlachti?
500
The rain god
Who is Tlaloc?
500
Lizard like creature eaten by nobles on special occasions
What is an axolotl?
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