Social MSS 2

1.1

100

Put three facts about The Emperor

• Top of hierarchy

• Great Speaker

• Human, treated like god

• Was a chief priest, commander-in-chief- and head of state

• Commander of the army

• Skilled warrior 

• Knew strategy, could lead others

• Head of state 

• Had ultimate say

• Had a council to advise him (Priests and noble

200

Put three facts about  Nobility and Priests

• Only 10-15% of Aztecs were nobility

• Held political power and wealth

• Priests came from this rank 

• Nobility worked in government and education

• Went to different schools from commoners

300

Put three facts about Merchants 

• Richest of all capolli

• Trading expeditions

• Acted as spies

• Detailed knowledge of geography

• Paid taxes on their profits

400

Put three facts Family Clans

• Society organized into calpolli

• Members lived in the same neighborhood and worshiped at the same temple

• Some calopolli were based on jobs (goldsmiths, feather workers)

• Other calpolli were based on close family ties

• Calpolli owned land where members lived and farmed

• Each had an elected captain and council

• Council assigned land and houses, collected taxes

• Kept neighborhood clean

• Elections gave commoners political power

500

Put three facts about artisans

• Mask makers, goldsmiths, feather workers most respected

• Raised tropical birds to use in fans, headdresses, tunics, and shields

• Only nobility class were allowed to wear feathers

• Obtained other feathers in tributes from conquered people

1.2

100

Say 3 facts about education 

• Educated at home until 10

• Children pampered until 3

• 3+ had to be hardworking and obedient

• Harshly punished if not

• Goal was to have “a heart of stone and a stone face”

•  Valued in society 

• Free and mandatory

• Two types

• Calmecac (for nobles)

• Telpochcalli (for commoners)

200

Say 3 facts about school for nobles 

• Called Telpochcalli

• All instruction was spoken (Memorization)

• Lessons in history, religion, and citizenship

• Learned music and dance

• Boys - hard physical labor

• Parents taught at home

300

Say 3 facts about "educating aztec women"

• Had little political power

• Important for girls to get good education

• All girls attended school

• At 16 they got married

• Became doctors in the army

• Matchmakers, priestesses and midwives

400

Say 3 facts about military training

• All boys trained as warriors

• Job-shadowed soldiers

• Became warriors at 15

 

500

What are the 5 Virtues of an Ideal Aztec Citizen

1. Courage

2. Self sacrifice

3. Modesty

4. Clean living

5. Obedience

1.3

100

Say 3 facts about Laws and Lawmaking

• Written laws

• Legal system used to maintain order

• Reminded people of their responsibilities

• EVERYONE obeyed laws

• Law harsher for nobles

• Had to set example

• Lesser crimes: fined or slavery

• Major crimes: death

200

Say 3 facts about slave laws 

• Slaves were necessary 

• Laws to protect slaves

• If noble killed slave - noble executed

• If slave could escape and run (1.5km) to emperor they won freedom

• Not shameful, just bad luck

• Not permanent - just punishment

• Kept all their land and their own slaves

300

Say facts about contributing to society 

• Society was focused on producing citizens who would contribute to community

-Part of education “Console poor, afflicted. Do not mock the old, sick, mained, or those who sinned. Do not set a bad example, or speak indiscreetly, or interrupt the speech of another.”

1.4

100

What is

Conscription

Mandatory military service at a certain age.