Lesson 27 Intro
The animal that the Aztecs saw as a sign from the gods, telling them where to build their city.
What is an eagle?
The capital city of the Toltecs.
What is Tollán?
The Aztecs demanded this from cities after defeating them in war.
What is tribute?
The highest-ranking commoners were the pochteca, who did this for a living.
What are professional traders?
The god of sun and war.
Who was Huitzilopochtli?
The city that the Aztecs built on an island in Lake Texcoco.
What is Tenochtitlán?
The Aztec built these to create more land for the expansion of Tenochtitlán
What are chinampas?
The center of Aztec life.
What is warfare?
A unique characteristic of Aztec rulers.
What is a position was not hereditary?
Aztecs sacrificed people for these two reasons.
What are religious purposes and scaring other groups into accepting their rule?
The part of Mexico where the Aztecs built their empire.
What is the Valley of Mexico?
Three advantages the location of Tenochtitlán provided the Aztecs.
What are fish and water birds for food, and the island being easy to defend.
The technological marvel at Tenochtitlán that provided fresh water for the Aztecs.
What are twin aqueducts that carried fresh water from the Chapultepec springs?
The one freedom married Aztec women had.
What is owning property?
How the Aztecs kept the sun strong.
What are blood offerings?
Means "the place of the fruit of the prickly pear cactus".
What is Tenochtitlán?
Where the Aztecs lived just before building their city in Tenochtitlán.
What is Culhuacán?
Some of these became slaves, but most ended up as human sacrifices.
What are soldiers that the Aztecs captured in battle?
Where Aztec boys learned to be soldiers.
What is the telpochcalli, or "house of youth?"
The Aztec game that symbolized the 260-day calendar.
What is patolli?
The Aztec's lifestyle before building their city on an island in Lake Texcoco.
What are hunter-gatherers?
Aztec priests conducted this ritual at the top of the Great Temple in front of the shrines.
What are human sacrifices?
The greatest weakness of the Aztec Empire.
What is a lack of unity?
Three rights enslaved people had in Aztec society.
What are owning property, enslaving others and being emancipated?
The Aztec game that represented both the heavenly body and the world.
What is Ōllamalitzli?