Aztec Government
A vocab word meaning "control over a region."
Regular payments city-states would make to the Aztec in exchange for not being invaded.
What is tribute?
The Cradle of Civilization where the Aztec lived.
What is Mesoamerica?
The main god of the Aztec civilization, representing the sun and war.
Who is Huitzilopochtli?
The Cradle of Civilization where the Maya lived.
What is Mesoamerica?
What is "Alliance."
A vocab word meaning "being created or trained for a specific job."
What is specialization?
The lake the Aztec built their capital city on.
What is Lake Texcoco?
Because Aztec religion had many gods, it would be described as:
What is Polytheistic?
The Maya were extremely advanced in this science.
Astronomy.
The name for the agreement between Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan to work together to establish hegemony over Mesoamerica.
What is the Triple Alliance?
A type of merchant in Aztec society that also served as a spy for the Aztec.
What is a pochteca?
The name of the Aztec capital city.
What is Tenochtitlan?
The Aztec referred to themselves as this.
What is a significant mathematical achievement of the Maya?
Base-20
Invention of 0
Sticks, Shells, and Bars writing system.
What are three valuable objects that the Aztec might take as tribute?
Many answers:
Feathers, gold, jade, obsidian, pelts/skins/leather, weapons, jewelry, flowers, etc. Teacher can make judgement calls.
One of the two things the Aztec used as currency.
What are Cacao beans and/or cotton cloth (Quatchli)?
"Floating gardens" that the Aztec would create in Lake Texcoco in order to farm.
What are chinampas?
An eagle on a cactus eating a snake.
What is the name of the peninsula the Maya lived on?
What is the Yucatan.
The Aztec world had a strict social hierarchy, with this person at the top.
Who is the emperor?
The Aztec city-state that was the home of the Great Market.
What is Tlatelolco?
The Aztec had to build systems to bring water to Tenochtitlan because of what issue with Lake Texcoco?
What is salty or brackish water?
The Aztec and Maya both share this common ancestor, as do many other Mesoamerican civilizations.
Who are the Olmec?
The type of agricultural we most associate with the Maya.
What is Slash-and-burn?