Aztecs Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
tropical fruits, gold and silver | These items were traded to the Aztecs for crops |
tribute | Valuable gifts and taxes collected by the Aztecs from defeated peoples. |
Tlachtli | What was the Aztec game where they tried to get a ball into a ring with their hips? |
Tenochtitlan | A city the Aztecs built on an island in the lake that is present day Mexico City. It was the capital city. |
small, swampy, and salt water | The three factors which made Tenochtitlan less than ideal |
polytheistic | worshipped MANY gods/goddesses |
Montezuma II | The last Aztec emperor in Mexico who was overthrown and killed. |
Lake Texcoco | They settled inside of a small island on... |
Cortez | Spanish soldier who led the conquistadors in a war against the Aztecs in 1519 and beat them. |
The Great Temple | The religious point in the middle of Tenochtitlan. |
dam | The Aztecs built these for flood protection. |
Codecs | Aztec books |
chinampas | Floating gardens built in the water to grow crops. |
causeways and bridges | These were built by the Aztecs to make a connection to the mainland. |
blood | This nourished the gods and kept them healthy, kept them from destroying the world. |
The Aztec Mountains | To the Aztec these were security and a sacred sight. |
Aztec government | Ruled by emperor |
The Aztec calendar | The time telling device of the Aztecs, they had two of these, one of which was Solar and the other which was Sacred. |
Aztec architecture | Skilled engineers: they built pyramids, temples, statues, bridges, irrigation systems, dams and floating gardens |
Aztec agriculture | Maize, avocados, tomatoes, chilies, squash, cocoa. Slash and burn farming |
aqueduct | A channel used to move water, usually supported on a bridge structure when it had to cross a valley. |
1200 - 1500s | Time period of the Aztec empire |
60,000 | How many Aztecs survived the Spanish? |
social structure | Nobles, commoners, serfs, slaves |
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Mrs_Trawinski
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