Famous People
Mapping/Geography
Angry Aztecs
Super Spanish
Vocab
100

Who was the main Aztec god?

Who is Huitzilopochtli

100
This is a large raised area of mostly level land.
What is a plateau?
100

This is the name of the Aztec city.

What is Tenochtitlan?

100
This was the campaign waged by the Spanish to reclaim their lands from the Muslim Empire.
What is the Reconquista?
100

This is the Toltec's capital city.

What is Tula?

200

This pre-Aztec society is known as the "mother culture" of all Meso-American societies.

Who are the Olmecs

200
Much of northern Mexico is ____________.
What is desert?
200

Surprisingly, when the Aztecs conquered a city-state, they did not leave this behind to enforce the emperor's orders.

What is a garrison?

200

In 1492, the Spanish monarchs reinstated this in order to force everyone to follow one religion in Spain. What is that religion?

What is Catholicism? (Roman Catholic)

200

Money and goods demanded on an ongoing basis

What is tribute

300

These two Spanish monarchs married in 1479.

Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

300
This valley became the centre of the Aztec civilization.
What is the Valley of Mexico?
300

These were the nobility of the Aztec people. They ruled over small regions

The Pipiltin?

300
These were the Spanish explorers who searched the globe for new lands and gold for Spain.
Who are Conquistadors?
300
This is the belief that a country should maintain a strong military force at all times.
What is militarism?
400

This Aztec leader was the first Emperor for the Aztec. He created the hierarchy system and is considered to be the "Founder of the Empire".

Who is Itzcoatl

400

This sign is how the Aztec people decided where to settle permanently. What was the sign?

What is an eagle on a cactus, holding a rattlesnake

400
This was the dark, natural glass used by the Aztecs to create razor-sharp knives and weapons.
What is obsidian?
400
This was the name of the Spanish parliament.
What is the Cortes?
400

An ancient manuscript in book form

What is a codex.

500

This group of people was considered to have the greatest impact on Aztec culture. The Aztec people wrote many songs and poems about them

Who are the Toltec

500

List two of the three bodies of water that surround Spain.

*bonus points if you can list all three

What is the Atlantic ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Strait of Gibraltar

500

List two of the three requirements that the Aztec put in place for conquered city-states.

Promise allegiance to the Emperor, pay tribute in goods or services, worship Huitzilopochtli

500

In 1486, this Pope gave the Spanish monarchs the right to choose whomever they wanted to fill Church positions in Spain as long as they started what?

What is the Spanish Inquisition

500

passing cultural knowledge, beliefs and stories to the next generation through speaking rather than writing.

What is oral tradition

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