Question | Answer |
What countries make up Mesoamerica? | South part of Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and northern part of Honduras |
What was the name of the beautiful city built by the Aztecs on Lake Texcoco and what city is built there now? | Tenochtitlan, Mexico City |
The sons of Aztec nobles were sent to special schools to learn | to be government officials, military leaders, or priests |
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That Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan is now called what? | Mexico City |
What are chinampas? | Floating gardens, raised fields, found in Tenochtitlan on Lake Texcoco. |
What do you call the raised roads that go across water built by the Aztecs? | Causeways |
How did the Aztecs travel through canals and throughout their capital city? | With canoes |
Name one of the Aztec gods that they adopted from the Toltecs. | Quetzalcoatl |
What did the Spaniards unknowingly bring with them that helped them conquer the Aztecs | diseases, such as smallpox |
Name 4 items that helped Herman Cortes & his conquistadors conquer the Aztecs. | Horses, guns, armor, disease, |
Who led the Spanish to defeat the Aztecs? | Hernan Cortez |
What was Aztec's capital city? | Tenochtitlan |