Everyday Life In the Aztec Empire
This was the type of floating farms the Aztecs used in Tenochtitlan.
What are chinampas?
These were the three cities of the Triple Alliance
What is Texcoco, Tenochtitlan, and Tlacopan.
This was the Aztec god of the sun, war, and sacrifice
What is Huitzilopochtli?
Tenochtitlan became this modern day city.
What is Mexico City.
These were the supernatural signs that Montezuma II's rule was about to end before the Spanish arrived.
There was a drought. A comet appeared in the sky. Lightning struck one of the temples in Tenochtitlán.
These were the names of the books in the great libraries of Tenochtitlan.
What is a codex?
This was how the Aztec Emperor was selected
What is through popular vote by the nobles from the cities of the Triple Alliance.
This was the name of the place where sacrifices would be preformed. It was a towering pyramid in Tenochtitlan.
What is Templo Mayor
This is the name of the tribe that settled Tenochtitlan.
What are the Mexica.
This is what Aztec priests looked like.
What is unwashed hair and painters their faces black.
This was how many people lived in Tenochtitlan at its height.
What is 300,000
This was the name of the last emperor of the Aztecs.
Who is Mocteczuma II.
This is the name of the type of warfare conducted by the Aztecs to capture prisoners for sacrifice.
What are flower wars.
This is the name of the lake where Tenochtitlan was located.
What is Lake Texcoco.
This was done during and Aztec wedding ceremony to symbolize the union formed by marriage.
During the wedding ceremony, the bride’s blouse will be tied to the groom’s cloak.
These were the types of jobs women could hold in Aztec society.
What are sorcerers, doctors, artists, merchants, and housewives.
This was the name of the founder of the Triple Alliance.
Who is Itzcóatl
This was how many prisoners were sacrificed every years to the Aztec gods.
What is ~ 20,000 prisoners.
These were the names of the two gods which had dedicated temples at Templo Mayor.
What is Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli.
This was the name of the Spanish conquistador that defeated the Aztecs
Who is Hernán Cortés
This was the name of the noble class of Aztecs.
What are pipiltins
What did the first emperor of the Triple Alliance destroy in order to rewrite Aztec history?
What are codes
This Aztec god required the sacrifice and tears of children.
What is Tlaloc
What are the similarities and differences between the political systems of the Mayas, Incas, and Aztecs
Mayas had many leaders -- one for each city state. Incas and Aztecs had one leader (an emperor). Mayas and Incas had leaders who passed down their kingship to their sons. Aztec nobles voted for their new emperor.
This was why the Mexica decided to settle at lake Texcoco.
They saw an eagle, sitting on a cactus and eating a snake, a sign from their gods to settle there.