Writing & Art
These three materials were used by the Aztecs to make figurines.
What are quartz, obsidian, and jade?
These people were at the top of the Aztec Social chart.
What are emperors?
In this period of time, the Aztec culture reached its height.
What is 1486 to 1522?
The most important structure in Aztec religion was a pyramid with two stone temples on top and it was dedicated to these, the Aztecs' two most important gods.
What is the sun god and the rain god?
This meal that was made by the Aztecs was made by people, especially women, grounding maize (corn) into a coarse meal by rubbing it against a mano (grinding stone) and a metate (flat stone).
What is cornmeal?
The Aztecs created many works of art that expressed these two.
What is religion and warfare?
These people were the lowest in their Social Chart.
What are the enslaved people?
Men had to be this age in order to join the Aztec military.
What is 17?
The Aztecs believed this many tries that the gods needed to create the earth.
What is 5 tries?
The Aztecs farmed in swamps by raising pieces of land and also by building this.
What are chinampas?
The Aztecs wrote on this.
What is deer skin?
Most Aztecs were classified as this in their Social Chart.
What are commoners?
The Aztecs used these as currency.
What are cacao beans and cloth?
The Aztecs went to war so they could capture people. They did this to get people to do this.
What is sacrifice?
This was the Aztecs' most common crop.
What is Maize?
This was written on most of the Aztecs' artwork.
What is Glyphic Writing?
The social class of commoners included these three occupations.
What are artisans, farmers, and merchants?
Strangely enough, the Aztecs domesticated these three types of animals.
What are turkeys, dogs, and ducks?
The Aztecs believed in this unspecified number of gods.
What is over 100?
The Aztecs cooked by placing food on a clay disk held over a fire by these.
What are 3 large stones?
The Aztec spoke this language.
What is Nahuatl?
The social classes consisted of, in order, nobles, commoners, unskilled workers, and these people.
What are enslaved people?
The government was run by these people.
What are warriors?
At least one person was sacrificed each morning so this could rise.
What is the sun?
The Aztecs made this type of candy that is very common now these days.
What is chocolate?