Social Structure / Society
This person is the most important person in Aztec society.
Who is the King / Emperor?
In the Aztec "creation myth," this animal was thrown into the Sun to dim the light.
What is a rabbit?
Defeated rivals of the Aztecs became this.
What is human sacrifice or slaves?
Aztec art was often made with this stone.
What is Jade?
The man responsible for conquering the Aztecs.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
These people belonged in the "middle class" of Aztec society.
Who are artisans, warriors, and/or priests?
The God to finally jump into the sun was covered in these.
What are pimples/sores?
Aztec warriors fought with weapons made of this type of stone.
What is obsidian?
To represent the God Quetzalcoatl, the Aztecs created a double headed _______.
What is a serpent / snake?
The Emperor that fell to Cortes.
Who is Moctezuma II?
These children went to school to learn their future jobs, which they would usually inherit from their father.
Who are young nobles?
The Grand Temple in Tenochtitlan represented these two Gods.
Who are the Sun and Rain Gods?
Roughly 10,000 of these happened every year.
What are human sacrifices?
The Aztecs valued astronomy and created a _________ much like the Maya.
What is a calendar?
Spanish for "conqueror."
What is a conquistador?
These people created clothing and jewelry.
Who are artisans?
The Aztecs believed that the gods controlled both _________ and __________ activities.
What are nature and human activities?
This is how the Aztecs were able to get so many human sacrifices.
What is warfare?
Only these people were allowed to wear colorful cloaks, jewelry, and fine clothes.
Who are nobles / upper class?
Cortes was looking for these in Mesoamerica.
Gold, land, and Christian converts.
Unlike most other cultures, these people were allowed to marry in Aztec society.
Who are slaves?
The Aztec Sun God
Huitzilopochtli / Nahuatl
The Spanish didn't always have to use weapons to defeat the Aztecs. ______ was also responsible for killing thousands of Aztecs.
What is disease?
This is how stories were passed down from generation to generation without writing.
What is oral tradition?
1521
What is the year the Aztec Empire came to an end?