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Capitol of the Aztec Empire
Tenochtitlan
Name the three main reasons the Aztecs lost their empire.
Technology, disease, and religion.
Pangea
Was a supercontinent for 160 million years
The Aztec economy was based on what?
agriculture and trade
The Spanish empire was so vast that it earned this nickname?
The empire on which the sun never sets'.
He is credited for Conquering the Aztec Empire
Hernan Cortes
He is blamed for losing the Aztec Empire.
Moctezuma II
Chinampa
small, stationary, artificial island built on a freshwater lake for agricultural purposes
Name in order the Aztec Social Hierarchy
1.Slaves,
2.Women, farmers and fishermen.
3. Soldiers, Artisans and merchants.
4. Priest and Nobles.
5. The Emperor.
The Spanish used these two things to control the Aztecs.
1. Encomienda system
2. Religion
She is known as the Queen Of Tejano Music
Selena Quintanilla
The first civilization in Mesoamerica was?
The Olmecs
Monarchy
a form of government with a monarch at the head.
Name in order The Spanish Hierarchy.
1. Slaves,
2.Indigenous People (Indian)
3.Mestisos
4.Creoles
5. Peninsulares
Who did the Virgen de Guadalupe appear to?
Juan Diego
For the first 14 years of life, boys and girls were taught where and by whom?
Home, Parents.
The most popular theory of how people got to Mesoamerica is known as the
The Bearing Straight Theory.
Nobility
the group of people belonging to the noble class in a country, especially those with a hereditary or honorary title.
The Temple Mayor was built to honor what Gods?
Huitzilopochtli, god of war, and Tlaloc, god of rain and agriculture
What was the Aztec currency?
cocoa beans
A native Mesoamerican woman of a Nahua tribe who became a trusted adviser and translator to Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés
La Malinche
What God did The Aztecs (Moctezuma II) think Cortes was.
Quetzalcoatl
Hierarchy
a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority
The Spanish Empire was, at its peak when?
16th, 17th and 18th century?
He is known as the Father of Chicano Rock
Carlos Santana