Hierarchy
Aztec citizenship
Aztec Emperor
Aztec Education
Aztec women
100
This class of Aztec citizen grew most of the food for the empire.
What is a farmer?
100
You could here it from 5 kilometres away and it was called Tlatelolco.
What is a market?
100
When a comet passed the Aztecs they felt that it was one of these. It meant that bad things were to come.
What is a omen?
100
Aztec stories were displayed in these. The plural form is codices.
What is a codex?
100
Every women, regardless of class, got an ______________ when she was 10-15.
What is an education?
200
This class of Aztec citizens still had rights, in contrast to many other cultures where they would be owned by someone.
What are slaves?
200
In order to move up in Aztec society you usually had to had to capture this many captives during war.
What is four?
200
This was the literal translation of the Aztec title of Huey Tlatoani.
What is Great Speaker?
200
This was the name that the textbook gave for the pictures that represented their language.
What are glyphs?
200
Most women in Aztec society would be married by this age.
What is 16?
300
This class of Aztecs would be wealthy and serve as spies for the empire.
What are merchants?
300
This was the name of a Aztec neighbourhood that was thought to have common descendant.
What is a calpolli?
300
The Aztec emperor was draped in these furs. They were from a nocturnal cat.
What is ocelot?
300
At the school for commoners there was no use of their writing system, rather everything was conveyed in this way.
What is the spoken word?
300
Women in Aztec society held little of this type of power.
What is political power?
400
The Aztecs had a taste for the finer things. This class of Aztecs produced the art and clothing for the empire.
What are artisans?
400
When you are charged with a crime in Aztec society you would able to _____________ the decision. This meant that you could go to higher courts and then all the way to the emperor with this process.
What is appeal?
400
The emperor had three responsibilities: 1)head of state, 2)commander of the army and 3)this title.
What is spiritual leader?
400
This was the school for nobles.
What is the calmecac?
400
This is where the female umbilical cord was buried.
What is under the fireplace?
500
Merchants, Artisans and _____________ were on the third tier of the Aztec hierarchy.
Who are soldiers?
500
If the commoners wore this material they would be stoned to death.
What is cotton?
500
The Aztec emperor was not born into his position, instead he was ___________ in by the _________________.
What is voted in by the nobles?
500
This was the school for the commoners.
What is the telpochcalli?
500
Aztec women served many other roles in Aztec society. Women could be priestesses and also older women acted as midwives and ______________.
What are matchmakers?