Aztec and Spanish Chapter 7-9

Question 1

Where did the Aztecs live

Answer 1

Tenochtitlan, Lake Texcoco, Valley of mexico

Question 2

Where did the Spanish live

Answer 2

Iberian Peninsula

Question 3

What was the long migration

Answer 3

In which the Aztecs left Aztlan to find a new home

Question 4

Why did the Aztecs leave

Answer 4

They left on Huitzilopotchli’s orders

Question 5

How did the Aztecs know to stop at that spot (Lake Texcoco)

Answer 5

There was a eagle eating a rattlesnake on top of a cactus on a rock

Question 6

What work did the Aztecs do at first when they arrived

Answer 6

They worked as mercenaries/servants

Question 7

What is the Reconquista

Answer 7

A movement in which the Spanish tried to take back the Moorish lands

Question 8

What happened when King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella married

Answer 8

The two largest kingdoms Aragon and Castile unified

Question 9

What was the Spanish Inquisition

Answer 9

It was a court that executed, exiled, etc. non-catholics so later all of Spain became Roman Catholic

Question 10

How did the Moors influence the Spanish

Answer 10

• They made Cordoba a centre of learning
• Scholars revived Classical Roman and Greek texts
• Created the Mozarabic art technique

Question 11

What are some of the Religious beliefs that the Aztecs borrowed from others

Answer 11

• Gods could take on many different forms
• Belief in many gods
• Human sacrifice

Question 12

What are some of the social systems that the Aztecs borrowed from others

Answer 12

• Hierarchy
• Gov’t with a strong central authority
• Military practises

Question 13

What is the triple alliance

Answer 13

An alliance between Tlacopan, Texcoco, and Tenochtitlan to defeat the Tempanec

Question 14

Why did the Aztec Emperor marry a Culhua princess

Answer 14

The Culhua’s were descendants of the Toltec (highly respected society), so by marrying them the Aztecs could claim Toltec ancestry,

Question 15

How important was religion to the Aztecs

Answer 15

Very important. Everything was centred on religion.

Question 16

How did Ferdinand and Isabella centralise power

Answer 16

• Controlled the RCC in Spain
• Chose lesser nobles for the Cortes
• Cortes couldn’t vote
• Gave land to the aristocracy

Question 17

What was the Aztec hierarchy

Answer 17

Huey Tlatoni (emperor) -> Nobility -> Macehualtin (middle class) -> Mayeques (peasants) -> Tlacotin (slaves)

Question 18

What did the priests of the Aztec empire do

Answer 18

• Advise the emperor
• Sacrifice humans
• Conduct ceremonies

Question 19

What couldn’t an Aztec women do

Answer 19

Hold positions of power

Question 20

What did Aztecs learn in school

Answer 20

Religious stuff, traditions, and rhetoric

Question 21

What was the Spanish hierarchy

Answer 21

King -> Nobility -> Commoners (90%) {Middle class emerged later}

Question 22

What did Spanish priests do

Answer 22

• Became religious leaders

- Teach at local schools

Question 23

What could a Spanish women do

Answer 23

Housework

Question 24

What did parishes teach

Answer 24

Work skills - Boys

Household skills - Girls

Question 25

How did nobles in Spain learn

Answer 25

Home tutoring and uni

Question 26

Who chose the Huey Tlatoni

Answer 26

The Council of Wise Men

Question 27

How did the Huey Tlatoni get chosen

Answer 27

By showing leadership qualities

Question 28

What system did the Aztecs do to trade stuff

Answer 28

The Barter system/ Cacao Bean Currency

Question 29

What things contributed to the Aztec economy

Answer 29

Tribute and farming

Question 30

Why was the economy of Spain bad even before they took over the Aztecs

Answer 30

The aristocracy didn’t care about farming and there wasn’t a demand for the wool they produced

Question 31

How did the Spanish monarchs get their power

Answer 31

“Divine Right”

Question 32

Why did the Aztecs sacrifice humans

Answer 32

Gods needed human blood to survive and keep the universe in balance

Question 33

How were the calendars of both nations related

Answer 33

They both had 365 days, and they both had religious significance

Question 34

Examples of nationalism in spain

Answer 34

Same religion, same language (Castilian), and exploration

Question 35

Why were the Aztecs so confused on what to do with Cortes

Answer 35

• Cortes and his people looked like gods in the stories
• Cortes arrived when Quetzalcoatl was supposed to come
• Omens

Question 36

What are omens

Answer 36

Signs or symbols that symbolise something

Question 37

What did Montezuma do to check if Cortes was Quetzalcoatl

Answer 37

• Send him gifts
• Give him Quetzalcoatl’s clothes
• Give him food with human blood

Question 38

How did Cortes’s small army defeat the Aztec

Answer 38

They allied with the Culhuas and Tlaxcalans

Question 39

When did the first tension between the Aztecs and the spanish occur

Answer 39

When unarmed Aztec citizens were killed at a festival

Question 40

What is Noche Triste

Answer 40

It was when the Spanish tried to escape Tenochtitlan and many of them died

Question 41

What unforeseen enemy killed many Aztec

Answer 41

Smallpox

Question 42

Why was Montezuma so slow to act

Answer 42

He had to consult his priests at every decision

Question 43

How did the Spanish treat the Aztecs after they conquered them

Answer 43

Badly