The Aztecs
Aztec's capital city
Tenochtitlan
Aztec's most important crop
corn or maize
Aztec word for clan
calpolli
The two jobs of slaves
working in the house of nobles and working with the serfs
Each ________ the Aztecs held a religious festival
month
Language spoken by the Aztecs
Nahuatl
The way crops were taken to the marketplace
Men carried them on their backs
Each calopolli owned_______________
a plot of land
These people farmed the calpolli and made crafts
commoners
There are ____ main city-states
three
Population of Aztec's capital
it was Over 200,000
The way Aztecs farmed hillsides
terraces
How most important decisions were made
by popular vote
These people farmed the land of the nobles
serfs
The Aztecs worshipped many gods and goddesses. This is called ___________.
polytheism
Aztec writing
was picture writing
The way crops were taken to distant villages
Crops were put in canoes and transported through canals
Extended family could in the calpolli. Who is part of the extended family
parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, aunt and uncles
These people owned land in addition to the calpolli
nobles
what weapons did the Aztecs use _____ _____
____
bows, spears, and darts
Present-day location of Tenochtitlan
Mexico City
Most interesting development of Aztec agriculture
chinampas. They are islands formed in swamp and lake areas.
These people did not have the right to vote
women did not have aright to vote
Three ways to become a slave
1. Cannot pay debts 2. Captured in war 3. Criminal
what gods did the aztects worship _____god and ____god
wind and rain god