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This God commanded the aztecs to leave their ancestral homeland and settle in the Valley of Mexico. Also known as the Aztec's tribal god and had warlike aspects
What is Huitzilopochtli
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The Aztecs believed that climbing this structure would bring them closer to the GODS.
What is mountains
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What year did Huitzilopotchli command the Aztecs to find a new home?
What is 1168
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A way of dealing with law breakers by using punishments.

What is Retributive Justice?

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Aztecs would send large groups of merchants and slaves to other cities to carry out this task?
What is trade
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The most powerful of the Aztecs gods, his name means "smoking mirror."
What is Tezcatlipoca
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Built to help stop water during times of high water and intense rain.

What is a dam.

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For how many years did the Aztecs wander before finding their new homeland?
What is 150 years
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The largest and most important building in all of Tenochtitlan
What is Templo Mayor
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While trading with other Empires merchants had this important task to perform? (Other than trading)
What is Mapping
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The god of wind, his name means "feathered serpent." He was said to come back and bring destruction to the Aztec Empire.
What is Quetzalcoatl
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Also known as "Floating Gardens." Use these to grow food such as vegetables, flowers, and medicinal herbs
What is Chinampas
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In this year the Aztecs finally found the Eagle perched on a cactus eating a snake and their capital, Tenochtitlan was established.
What is 1345
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These were objects from the past such as clothing, tools, weapons, buildings, cooking utensils, jewelry, and personal items.
What is Artifacts
300

A school for commoners.

What is telpochcalli.

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The God of Rain, he could unleash deadly fllods or withhold the rains for years.
What is Tlaloc
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This invention that the Aztecs created to bridge the island to the mainland. Parts of this structure could be destroyed in the event of an attack on Tenochtitlan.
What is Causeways
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The city of Tenochitlan was built on this lake.
What is Lake Texcoco
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A type of bird, brilliantly colored. Is from the tropics

What is a Quetzal.

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The Aztecs believed that Tenochtitlan. Believed the world was split into a certain amount of sections. How many sections was the world split up in?
What is four
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This important ceremony took place every 52 years.

What is New Fire Ceremony.

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This invention was used by the Aztecs to move water, it was usually supported by a bridge structure when it had to cross a valley
What is Aqueduct
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The name of the emperor who ruled Tenochtitlan during its final years.

Who is Moctezuma II?

500

Organized people into neighbourhoods based on the type of work they did.

What are calpolli.

500
Name the two different calendars the Aztecs had?
What is Sacred Calendar and Solar Calendar