Mythology
Name an Aztec god.
Examples include Huitzilopochtli, Tlaloc, Tonatiuh, Tezcatlipoca, Chalchiuhtlicue, Centeotl, Quetzalcoatl, Ometecuhtli, Mixcoatl, and Xipe Totec.
Why did the Aztecs sacrifice?
They believed that the blood nourished the gods and made the sun rise every morning.
What was the main Aztec food staple?
Maize (corn)
Who was the conquistador that defeated the Aztecs?
Hernán Cortés
What was the sign given to the Aztecs to settle down?
An eagle on a cactus (with a snake in its mouth)
How many Aztec gods were there (roughly)?
What were tributes?
Foreigners that the Aztecs captured and sacrificed.
What is the main ingredient in queso?
Cheese
In what year did Tenochtitlan fall?
1521
What were the two main reasons the Spanish came to the New World (both start with 'G')?
Gold and Glory
What god had butterflies and hummingbirds sacrifice to him?
Quetzalcoatl
Where were the heads of the sacrificial victims kept?
On the skull rack (at the bottom of the temple)
What candy did the Aztecs make?
Chocolate
What were the two interpretations of Montezuma dying?
1. He got hit by an airborne rock and died
2. Hernán Cortés killed him in front of all of the Aztecs
What does the word 'Aztec' come from?
Their homeland, Aztlan
It was believed that the gods had to rebuild the world how many times?
5
Other than heart extraction, list two other methods of human sacrifice.
Examples include: drowning, burning alive, starving, flaying alive, being shot multiple times by arrows, decapitation, and fighting gladiator-style
Chinampas, or plots of soil floating in the water
How long did it take for Tenochtitlan to fall?
What job did Aztec warriors have in times of peace?
They were poets
Which god decapitated their sister and threw her body down a mountain?
Huitzilopochtli
How many days a year did the Aztecs sacrifice humans?
360 (five days were left for fasting)
What did Montezuma always drink as a sign of power?
Xocolatl (hot chocolate)
What was another of La Malinche's names?
Examples include Malinalli, Malintzin, Doña Marina, or Malintze
*TRIPLE POINTS:
What was the name of the Mesoamerican ball game that the Aztecs played?
Ullamaliztli