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Life as an Aztec
Locations and Leaders
Aztec Facts
Aztec Daily Life
Aztec Facts #2
100
At what age would children go to school
What is 13 or 15
100
What is the capital city
What is Tenochtitlan
100
Describe the dream that the priest had about finding their capital city. What did the priest think it was?
What is an eagle, sitting on a cactus, with a snake in its mouth or claws. A sign from their most important god.
100
Who got sacrificed
What is Humans, slaves, war prisoners, or Aztecs
100
What was the most important food crop to the Aztecs
What is Maize or Corn
200
What is bartering
What is trading or working out a deal
200
What swamp did they decide to stop wandering at
What is Lake Texcoco
200
What disease or virus killed almost half of the Aztecs
What is small pox
200
What is the name of their language
What is Nahuatl
200
Where were the human sacrifices conducted at?
What is on layered pyramids or temples
300
What was one of the main jobs of the Aztecs?
Farmers and Warriors
300
Who is the most well-known leader
What is Montezuma I or II
300
What were conquistadors in search of when they came to the New World? (3 things)
What is gold, land and to spread Christianity
300
The name of the floating islands that the Aztecs planted their crops on
What is Chinampas
300
What is the name of the wandering tribes that were walking around the Mexican Valley before they came to stop at their capital city?
Mexicas
400
Name 5 plants or vegetables that they ate?
What is Squash, Maize (Corn), Beans, avocados, Tomatoes, sweet potatoes, papayas, and cocoa beans
400
What city is located at the capital city of the Aztecs today
What is Mexico city
400
Who is responsible of destroying the entire Aztec civilization and where was he from
What is Hernando Cortez (Spain)
400
Name 3 of the 4 things that girls in the Aztec civilization learned about
Taking care of the house, weaving, crafts, music
400
How did Cortez persuade the other tribes to go against the Aztecs
What is they were enemies and didn't want to treated like that anymore. No more tributes
500
What did the conquered tribes have to pay in order to be left alone? Name 6 of the 9.
Food, precious metals, jewels, textiles, pottery, decorative feathers, cocoa, rubber and other items to support the Aztecs
500
Who selected the leaders
What is Council of Elders or Nobles
500
How did farmers get their items to the market (2 ways)
What is carried it on their back or canoes
500
What did the boys in the Aztec Civilization learn about. Name 3 of the 4 things
What is methods of war, astronomy, hunting, or fishing
500
How did the Aztecs write
What is used pictures (hieroglyphics)