Society
What are 2 signs of status?
Clothing, jewelry, size or location of house
What was the significance of mountains?
Brought them closer to God
What were the 2 types of calendars?
Sacred and solar
What were the 2 types of schools?
CALMECAC and TELPOCHCALLI
where did the Aztecs originally live?
Northern Mexico
What are the 2 MAIN classes?
Nobles and commoners
Did the Aztecs have mountains?
YES
What were their thoughts on Earth?
Was a round flat disc divided into 4 sections
What age did they start school?
10-15 years old
What were 4 types of God's?
Huitzilopochtili, Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalquatl, Tlaloc
Was the king hereditary or not hereditary?
NO
How many causeways did the Aztecs build?
3 causeways
How many years was the new fire ceremony?
Every 52 years
What was the TELPOCHCALLI for?
For commoners
What were they sent to find?
An eagle perched on a cactus
What are calpolli?
Family clans, based on the work people did.
What lake were they on?
What was human sacrifice?
Was the strongest expression of devotion to God's, and was believe that the victims blood nourished the God's.
What was CALMECAC for?
For nobles
who had to obey most laws?
The nobles
What was Moctezuma known as?
The Great Speaker
Explain chinampas
built to grow food and increase land
How long is the sacred calendar?
260 days
What were the 3 things of an ideal citizen?
Obedience, clean living, modesty
If a warrior took 4 enemies prisoner what could he do?
Move up in society