Aztec Civilization
Human sacrifice.
This is the name of the explorer credited with first reaching the Aztec Empire.
Hernan Cortes
The Spanish crossed this massive body of water to reach the Aztec Empire.
The Atlantic Ocean
False
This was the dominant faith of Spain during the 1500s.
Roman Catholic
These three crops were grown together.
Corn, beans, and squash (Three Sisters)
This disease was a major factor in decimating the Aztec Empire.
Smallpox
The Aztec capital now lays underneath what major city?
Mexico City
This was the original name of the Aztec people
The Mexica
What were the "three G's" motivating Spanish expansionism?
Gold, God, and Glory
Huey Tlatoani translates to this.
"Great Speaker"
The decree of the Spanish Inquisition came from who?
The Pope (Sixtus IV)
This was the name of the Aztec capital.
Tenochtitlan
List each level of the Aztec class structure
Emperor, nobility, commoners (merchants, artisans, soldiers), peasants (farmers), slaves
This element of worldview most closely relates to the religious views of the Spanish and Aztecs.
Sources of Ethical Wisdom
This is the name of the floating crops the Aztecs used to grow food.
Chinampas
This is the name of the Spanish effort to root out heresy and ensure strict religious orthodoxy in Spain.
Spanish Inquisition
This term is used to describe the general area in which the Aztecs lived.
Mesoamerica
This term describes the belief in, or worship of, multiple deities or gods
Polytheism
This is the name of the patron Aztec god of the sun, war, and hummingbirds.
Huitzilopochtli
These are the names of the King and Queen of Spain during the Spanish Inquisition.
Ferdinand II and Isabella I
This is the name of the lake on which the Aztec capital sat.
This is the name of the Aztec god of rain.
Tlaloc.
This Spanish worldview assumed European systems were superior and should replace Indigenous ones.
Eurocentrism