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Human Sacrifices
Gods and Places
Contact and Colonisation
Age of Exploration
POT LUCK
100
What part of the human sacrifice was offered to the gods?
The heart.
100
What is the name of the Aztec capital city?
Tenochtitlan.
100
Name the leader of the Spanish who invaded Tenochtitlan.
Hernan Cortes.
100
Name one of the Spanish explorers we have studied.
Cortes :: De Gama :: Dias :: Magellan
100
Describe the difference between a primary and secondary source.
A primary source is information from the actual time, place or event. Examples include diary entries, eyewitness accounts, records, photos and artifacts. A secondary source is information that has been analyzed by someone, or rewritten, or evaluated, like information from a textbook or article.
200
How many priests were involved in human sacrifices?
Five.
200
What was the sign of where the Aztecs should establish their capital city, and name the lake of the capital city.
Lake Texcoco - and the sign was to see an eagle holding a snake on a cactus.
200
Name the Aztec leader who met with the leader of the Spanish.
Moctezuma/Montezuma II.
200
What is the name for the Spanish conquerors?
Conquistadors.
200
Name two forms of Spanish battle technologies.
Horses :: Guns :: Arrows :: Heavy armour
300
Why were people sacrificed?
The Aztecs believed that their gods had to be fed with human hearts and blood to keep things balanced and normal.
300
Huitzilopochtli was the god of what?
The sun.
300
How many times did the Spanish visit Tenochtitlan?
Twice - the first time they were expelled by the Aztecs, but the second time they came back to fight and take over the Aztec capital.
300
Name two of the three words starting with "G" that explains why the Spanish wanted to conquer the Aztecs.
God, Gold and Glory.
300
True or false: Moctezuma/Montezuma was killed by the Spanish.
False - he was killed by his own people!
400
Why did the children need to cry while being sacrificed?
Because the tears were pleasing to the rain god Tlaloc and would give them the rain needed for their crops.
400
Tlaloc was the god of...?
Rain and fertility.
400
What were some of the effects of the Spanish colonisation?
The Aztecs were exposed to disease, such as measles, overworked and died of hunger due to the decrease of traditional farming methods.
400
Describe the journey of Cortes on his way to Tenochtitlan from Vera Cruz.
Cortes encountered the people of Tlaxcala, fought with them but the Tlaxcalans offered to become allies and help them fight the Aztecs.
400
What was the decrease in the Aztec population from 1519 to 1568 - 1 million, 10 million or more than 20 million?
More than 20 million - in only 50 years!
500
Explain the treatment of a warrior before he was sacrificed.
He would be treated like a king for a year before being sacrificed - being offered the best of the best, from women to food and activities.
500
Name the neighbours of the Aztecs, who later became their enemies.
The Tlaxcalans.
500
Why did the Aztecs welcome the Spanish when they first arrived?
They believed that the arrival of the Spanish was the return of Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec god of knowledge, who had promised to return and save his people at the end of the world.
500
Why did Cortes accept the help of the Aztec's neighbours?
Because Cortes only had 500-600 men with him - the Tlaxcalans gave him an army of thousands when it came to fighting with the Aztecs.
500
What did the Spanish do to the temple in Tenochtitlan after the conquest?
They knocked it down and built a church.