Geography
The lake on which the Aztecs built Tenotchtitlan.
What is Lake Texcoco?
This is the Aztec god of War.
Who is Huītzilōpōchtli?
The Aztec word for their language.
What is Nahuatl?
The leader of the Aztec when Cortes arrived at Tenotchitlan.
Who is Montezuma?
These were some of the finest rade items available to the Aztecs.
What are vibrant feathers (quetzal/macaw), gold, jade, and turquoise?
Building farmland into the sides of mountains.
What is terraced farming?
This is the name of the Aztec god of rain.
What is Tlaloc?
This type of tree anchored chinampas.
What are willow trees?
This is how the Aztecs kept other tribes under their control.
What is by making them pay tribute with resources and sacrifices?
This is how long the Aztec civilization lasted (within 20 years).
What is 200 years?
This is one advantage of building your civilization on an island.
What is defense, irrigation, and privacy?
Belief in only one god.
What is monotheism?
Schools for Aztec children went by this name.
What is calmecac or telpochcalli?
This is how many prisoners of war you needed to capture to rise to eagle or jagair level status in the military.
What is 4 Aztec prisoners?
These are 3 of some of the Aztecs most important crops.
What are beans, sweet potatoes, corn, chillies, cotton, peppers, avocados, peanuts, and cacao beans?
The Aztec civilization was approximately this many miles long.
What is 800 miles?
The Aztec solar calendar was 365 days and their sacred calendar was approximately this many days (within 20).
What is 260 days?
This is what happened if the ball made it through the hoop in the Aztec ball game.
What is the game was over?
The Atlatl was a type of this weapon that was well-liked by Aztec warriors.
What is a spear.
This is why most Aztec priests smelled like rotten meat.
What is because they had dried blood on their body and hair?
The term for freshwater that is slightly salty.
What is brackish?
The era of the sun of the earth in Aztec history was ended by this type of natural disaster.
What is a hurricane?
This modern day treat was invented by the Aztecs using their favorite food.
What is popcorn?
This is the finest material an Aztec weapon could be made from.
What is obsidian?
The Spanish called Tenotchitlan the "City of ...." because of all of the stories they had heard about it.
What is gold?