Geography
Government
Daily Life
Culture
Economy
100
The name of the capital city of the Aztec empire
What is Tenochtitlan
100

This was similar to a city-state: groups of families hat shared land, schools and a temple.

What is Calpullis.  

100
Mexico and Central America were known as this
What is Mesoamerica
100

These people took control of the Aztec lands

Who are conquistadors or Spanish

100
The Aztec economy was based on this style
What is trade
200
The name of the lake the island where Tenochtitlan was built was called this
What is Lake Texcoco
200
These people were the most common group in the higher social class
Who are the nobles
200
High-ranking members of society often wore jewelry made of this blue/blue-green mineral
What is turquoise
200
These two groups of people made up 80% of the Aztec population
Who are the commoners and slaves
200

What weapons did the Spanish use to help defeat the Aztecs?

What are cannons, spears, bows and arrows, horses...etc

300
This is the name of the current city that is situated where Tenochtitlan once stood
What is Mexico City
300
Another name for the calpixque would be this name; a name for someone who collects goods and services from the people
What is a tax collector
300

Many Aztec homes were made of this material comprised of clay mixed with straw; they shaped it into bricks

What is adobe

300
The Aztec language is simply called Aztec, however it also has a more formal name (hint: it begins with an N)
What is Nahuatl
300
The pochteca were a special group of this type of merchant who transported goods all across the empire
What are travelling merchants
400

There were quite a few of there that stretched for miles bringing fresh water into the city

What are aqueducts

400
This aspect of the Aztec culture was so important that it was in control of the government, probably because the people involved were able to communicate with the gods
What is religion
400
Only the Aztec nobles could drink this drink which was made from the Cacao bean. Commoners could only have this.
What is a chocolate drink, water
400

Aztecs used pictures to express their ideas in words. These ways were: pictograms which resembled actual objects or people, ideograms which represented the ideas behind the symbols, what were the books called that they wrote down their history?

What are codex.

400
This was the foundation that allowed the Aztec economy to grow
What is farming
500
Farmers designed these in order to farm and grow crops on the swampy land
What are chinampas
500

Who were considered "in charge" of tribute, law and trade?

What are kinds. 

500

What was the staple crop for the Aztecs?

What is maize?

500

The Aztecs believed that a God had sent them a sign telling them where to live.  What was that sign?

What is an eagle with a snake in its mouth perched on a cactus.

500
This was a way for a common man to move up in society
What is be a successful warrior
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