Tenochtitlan
Where was Tenochtitlan?
Modern Day Mexico City
Who was the top of the social structure?
The Emperor
What is polytheism?
Believing in multiple gods
How did explorers travel to new lands?
By ship.
Name 3 reasons for Spanish victory.
Disease, weaponry, alliances
How many people lived in Tenochtitlan?
Around 200,000
Who was at the bottom of the social structure?
Slaves (tlacotin)
Around 80,000 people were victims of what Aztec ritual?
Human sacrifice
Which continent did most explorers come from?
Europe
Who was Emperor of the Aztecs?
Montezuma
What is a causeway?
A raised road that allowed the people to easily travel over the swampy and wet areas.
What is a serf?
They are a social group part of the peasant class. They were owned by the people who owned the land they lived on.
What were displayed using a tzompantli?
The skills of defeated enemies and sacrificial victims.
Name three reasons for the Age of Exploration.
Trade, power, curiosity, excitement, adventure, spread of Christianity
What tribe did the Spanish make a key alliance with to defeat the Aztecs?
What is a chinampa?
(also called floating garden) small, stationary, artificial island built on a freshwater lake for agricultural purposes
TRUE OR FALSE: Children could be sentenced to death.
TRUE
What belief was human sacrifice linked to?
Maintaining the progress of the sun - maintaining order.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
A navigator and explorer who 'discovered' the West Indies (the Caribbean), and eventually 'discovered' the Americas.
Smallpox killed what percentage of the Aztec population?
25%
What was the marketplace in Tenochtitlan called?
The Great Marketplace at Tlatelolco
What was the role of the 'snake woman'?
When the Emperor left Tenochtitlan, he would rule in his place.
Who was the Aztec god of creation?
Quetzalcoatl
Name two animals the Spanish used to help them defeat the Aztecs.
Horses (Cavalry) & Dogs