Beginnings
What modern day country did the Aztecs live in?
Mexico
What is one animal that was in the Aztec zoos?
Name any of the following:
Deer, fowls, and little dogs, monkeys, wolves, sloths, armadillos, as well as aviaries full of brightly colored birds, bisons, crocodiles, turtles, snakes, and many lizards.
What are two weapons the Aztecs used?
Darts, javelins, shields, spears, clubs, bow and arrows
Who has the most power in their political structure?
The Emperor
What nation came to colonise the Aztecs?
Spanish
In myth, what was the name of the Aztec homeland?
Aztlan
How many calendars did the aztecs have
2
What are one of the military classes?
Jaguar, Eagle, Shaved Ones
List one of the main crops they produced and ate.
Corn, beans, squash.
Who was the leader of the Spanish invasion?
Hernán Cortés
What area did the Aztecs come from before arriving in Mexico?
The mythical, arid, northern land of Aztlán.
What is one of their Gods?
Huitzilopochtli, Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl, Xipe Totec
What was the Triple Alliance?
Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan
The combined forces of the Aztecs and 2 other groups in the area to gain power in the civil war.
How could someone rise through the social hierarchy?
Achievements like warfare, priesthood, trade
What was one disease the Spanish brought that injured the Aztecs?
Smallpox
What was their estimated population? ( 3 million, 5-6 million, 10 million, 6-7 million)
5-6 million
What is the 'House of Song?'
Aztec principle offering free universal education, boys and girls would both go to the ‘House of Song’.
How could you become a member of the Shaved Ones?
Display no fewer than 20 acts of bravery in battle and already be a member of the jaguar and eagle warrior groups.
What were two of their key economic activities?
Commerce, trade, markets, agriculture, tribute
When did the Aztec culture end?
1581
When were the Aztecs?
1300s - 1512
What is the concept of Ollin?
It means movement or motion, signifying transformation, the cycles of life and change.
Moving and acting with your whole heart in the present moment, embracing the natural force of change rather than resisting it.
How many members were on a traditional war council?
FOUR
What is a pochteca?
Specialised trader class
Who made the Florentine Codex?
Friar Bernardino de Sahagún and a group of Nahua elders, authors, and artists.