Tenochtitlan: A Well-Planned City
The shape that the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan was built on.
What is a grid?
Spears, hatchets, clubs, bows and arrows...
What were some of the weapons of Aztec warriors?
What are schools?
Aztec sun god
Who is Huizilopochtli?
Emperor (noun)
What is a ruler who has total control of a region?
The Sacred Precinct
What was the religious/ceremonial center of the city?
or
What was the pyramid-temple complex?
Obsidian
What were the weapons of the Aztec warriors made of?
"I've been training to be one of these from an early age."
What are warriors?
Temple Mayor
Where did most sacrifices happen?
"I'll choose you and make it official..."
What is appoint?
Pipes
What was each aqueduct consisted of - one which transported water for drinking and bathing and the other used when the first was used for cleaning?
Four
What is the number of prisoners that warriors had to capture in battle that would put them in an elite society?
These individuals taught noble boys to read and write and to be future leaders.
What are priests?
The sun god made this daily journey from east to west without this...
What is nourushment?
"It's so busy here - There are so many people doing so many things at once...!"
What is bustling?
Social class
What was used to determine where different Aztec lived?
What is the procession?
The latest fashion for Aztec females...
What are long skirts and sleeveless blouses?
Like pok-a-tok, the Mayan sport
What is the Aztec sport of ullamaliztli?
Habitable (adj)
What is fit to live in?
Capullins
What was each of the 20 districts in the city called?
Smoke signals
What rose from the Aztec villages that prepared the warriors for attack?
Women and girls used cotton to weave beautiful clothes, and they also used this for the same thing.
What are maguey cotton plants?
Anger the gods and this would happen! (You don't want to be around for these...)
What are volcanic eruptions and earthquakes?
Dominance (noun)
What is the state of being more important, successful, or powerful than most or all others?