General Knowledge
This is the Aztec capital city, built on an island in Lake Texcoco
What is Tenochtitlan?
This is the title of the Aztec emperor or ruler.
What is Huey Tlatoani?
These peoples were the lowest class and worked for very little pay to pay off debts.
Who are slaves?
The Aztecs built their roads out of this material.
What is stone?
Huitzilopochtli was the god of what?
What is War and Sun?
This is the name for the floating gardens the Aztecs built to increase agricultural land.
What are chinampas?
This small group of nobles chose the next emperor.
What is the Council of the Four?
Commoners or peasants usually have this job.
What is a farmer?
The Aztecs provided mandatory this for all children until age 15, and was one of the first civilizations to do so.
What is education/school?
Quetzalcoatl is the god of this.
What is Creation and Wisdom
The Aztec civilization flourished in what is now modern-day this country?
What is Mexico?
The Aztec civilization was a loose confederation of the three main city states, known as the what?
What is the Triple Alliance?
This leader governed the small city states inside the Aztec Empire.
What is a Tlatoani?
The Aztecs built their capital city, Tenochtitlan on this lake.
What is Lake Texcoco?
The Aztecs believed that in order to delay the world from ending, they had to offer what to the gods?
What is a human sacrifice?
This large stone calendar, a famous Aztec artifact, is also known by what name?
What is the Sun Stone or Stone of the Fifth Sun?
This group of people, below the emperor or leader, were responsible for managing the government and collecting tribute.
Who are the nobles/pipilitin?
These people are sellers of goods, and are allowed to travel the empire in search of said goods.
Who are the Pochteca/Merchants?
This running water system was one of the many inventions to help to obtain fresh water.
What is an aquaduct?
This important religious ritual was preformed on a special stone and involved the removal of a person's heart.
What is a human sacrifice ritual?
What was the primary language spoken by the Aztecs?
What is Nahuatl?
The Aztec government required conquered peoples to pay a regular amount of goods, known as what?
What is tribute?
This occupation is one highly valued and respected through the commoner community.
Who are the warriors?
The Aztecs created this structure in their capital city that is larger in volume than the Ancient Egyptian's version.
What is a pyramid?
The Aztecs believed that the world had been created and destroyed four times over, and that they were living in the fifth what?
What is the Fifth Age or the Fifth Sun?