Aztec Easy
What part of the world did the Aztecs have their empire?
Mexico
List the two centuries that the Aztecs ruled.
Remember that centuries are always listed as one century above the actual years.
15th and 16th
What does aloof mean?
Not friendly or forthcoming
6
What does the God of Fire name mean?
Lizard House
What was the main part of the Aztec diet?
Bonus: List two more foods they ate
Maize (corn)
Bonus: fish, beans, squash, insects, honey, snakes
Who picked the location of the Aztec capital?
Bonus: What was the omen they saw?
Priests
Eagle, holding a snake, perched on a cactus
List two vocabulary words from the Aztec presentations and two words from the Mayan presentation
Aztec: Empire, Omen(s), conquer, commerce, elite, conquistador
Mayan: peak, glyph, nobility, famine, plague, civilization
Bonus: Name one current country (not Mexico) that is on that peninsula?
Yucatan
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras
Name two physical characteristics of nobility.
Cross-eyes and a flat forehead
What was the ball made out of for the "Tlachtli" game?
Name the lake where they built the capital.
Lake Texcoco
What country did Cortes come from?
Bonus: What century was he born?
Spain
15th
List one member of each social class
High: Priests, Nobility
Medium: Warriors, craftsmen, traders
Low: Farmers, slaves
The Mayan hieroglyphics writing system consisted of ______ glyphs.
Bonus: What is the "codex"? Hint...jaguar skin
800
An accordion-like book with folds
What was the main reason the Aztecs performed sacrifices?
Bonus: What was another environmental cataclysm that might lead to human sacrifice?
To help the sun rise each day
Bonus: earthquake, flood, drought, lightning strikes, eclipse,
What was the name of the popular Aztec ruler who expanded the empire?
Bonus: What did he specialize in?
Montezuma I
Military tactics
What country sent troops to fight Cortes while he was in Mexico?
Cuba
How many days are in the Mayan calendar?
Bonus: What year did the Long Count Calendar end?
365
2012
What is the name of the major city of the Mayans?
Tikal
What was the name of the "Great Temple"?
Templo Mayor
In what year was the Aztec Empire destroyed?
Bonus: Besides war, what else contributed to their defeat
15_ _
Disease
Cortes was named the General of....
Bonus: And the Governor of .....
New Spain
Mexico
Name the God who created the Earth.
Itzamna
In what year did the Spanish conquer the last Mayan City?
16_ _