Geography/Origins
Another name for Central America.
What is Mesoamerica?
The name with which the Aztecs referred to themselves.
What is Mexica?
1428 CE
When was the Golden Age of the Aztec Empire?
The founder and first king of the Aztec Empire.
Who was Itzcoatl?
1492 CE
When did Christopher Columbus land in the West Indies?
The animal that the Ancient Aztecs were told to find, where they would build their great city.
What is an eagle?
People from Aztlan.
Who were the Aztecs?
1325 CE
When was Tenochtitlan built?
The second ruler of the Aztec Empire.
Who was Moctezuma?
The Spanish Conquistador who lead the expedition into Central Mexico.
Who was Hernan Cortes?
The capital city of the Aztecs.
The two time periods which divide the Aztec civilization.
What are the Early and Late Eras?
100 years.
How long did the Triple Alliance last?
The Replacement Emperor of the Aztec Empire.
Who was Cuauhtemoc?
1519 CE
When did Cortes arrive in Mexico?
Near modern day Mexico City.
Where was Tenochtitlan?
Texcoco, Mexico-Tenochtitlan, and Tlacopan.
What was the Triple Alliance?
1458 CE
When did Moctezuma I begin his military campaign to expand the empire?
Huitzilopochtli
Who was the Aztec god?
August 13th, 1521
A civilization that grew to power in northern Mexico during the 11th and 12th Centuries.
Who were the Toltecs?
Tlahtoani.
What was the title for the ruler of an Aztec city-state?
1440 CE
When did Itzcoatl die?
Quauchoatl
Small pox, measles, mumps, and influenza.
What were the diseases that killed the Aztecs?