Aztec and spanish flash cards

Question 1

telpochcalli

Answer 1

aztec school for commoners

Question 2

Aztecs

Answer 2

Name given to a civilization created by a nomadic tribe

Question 3

Glyphs

Answer 3

Pictures of symbols used in writing

Question 4

Chinampa

Answer 4

Floating islands built in the water around tenochtitlan to grow crops

Question 5

Compulsory

Answer 5

required by law

Question 6

Tribute

Answer 6

Valuable gifts and taxes collected by the aztecs from a conquered group or city

Question 7

Quetzal

Answer 7

A bright coloured bird that lives in tropical rain forests

Question 8

Calpolli

Answer 8

Units of organization in aztec society

Question 9

Omen

Answer 9

A sign something is going to happen

Question 10

Missionaries

Answer 10

People from religious orders to convert others to become christian

Question 11

Spanish inquisition

Answer 11

A state run system of courts where non-catholics were put on trial

Question 12

Caliphate

Answer 12

The area of jurisdiction

Question 13

Principalities

Answer 13

Small areas ruled by princes

Question 14

Reconquista

Answer 14

The christian reconquest of spain from the muslims

Question 15

Conquistador

Answer 15

The word used to describe a leader of a expedition

Question 16

Epidemic

Answer 16

A disease that spreads rapidly and affects many people

Question 17

intermediary

Answer 17

Someone who acts as a go-between or mediator between groups of people

Question 18

Mayan

Answer 18

The language spoke by the maya people

Question 19

Musket

Answer 19

Long rifle like guns

Question 20

Nahuatl

Answer 20

LAnguage spoken by aztecs

Question 21

Viceroy

Answer 21

The representative of a sovereign in a foreign jurisdiction

Question 22

Calmecac

Answer 22

The aztec school for nobles

Question 23

Aqueduct

Answer 23

A channel used to move water, bridge like structure

Question 24

Artisan

Answer 24

A skilled crafts worker

Question 25

Catastrophe

Answer 25

A disaster

Question 26

Causeway

Answer 26

Connected the land to ther other parts

Question 27

CReoles

Answer 27

Descendants of spanish settlers in mexico

Question 28

encomienda

Answer 28

A spanish system that gave spanish settlers land grants

Question 29

Mestizo

Answer 29

A person of mixed race of spanish and aztec

Question 30

Tenochtitlan

Answer 30

The place the aztecs lived