The Aztec people were considered this type of hunter from northern Mexico; it is a word meaning "having no fixed home or wandering place to place"
What is nomadic or nomad
100
Mexico and Central America were known as this
What is Mesoamerica
100
These people took control of the Aztec lands
Who are conquistadors
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
Aside from cacao beans, what two other items were used as a form of currency
What are cotton and metal
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 these 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 and this third type which represented sounds
What are phonograms
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
Aztec laws were passed down in this manner and covered these topics
What is orally and marriage, divorce, inheritances
500
Also known as the Sun Stone, this was discovered in 1790.
What is the Aztec Calendar Stone
500
Most Aztecs were cremated, although some were buried. Those buried included those who drowned, died of illness and this
What is died during childbirth
500
This was a way for a common man to move up in society