Aztec Section 2

Question 1

The Aztec Civilization started in

Answer 1

Mexico

Question 2

What is toltec

Answer 2

A large Empire that ruled the people of Mexica and other people from year 800-1150

Question 3

When Toltec Collapsed ________, The _______ were forced out of their homes

Answer 3

1150, Mexica

Question 4

The name Aztec was made when

Answer 4

Mexica were forced out of their homeland, Aztlan

Question 5

The aztec legend of how they found their capital city Tenochtitlán.

Answer 5

Copil tried to kill Huitzilopochtil ( god) but before he killed the god. Huitzilopochtil carved copil’s heart out and threw it into the lake. He told the Aztec to settle where Copil’s heart landed ( they will know when they see eagle eating a snake on top of a cactus).

Question 6

Tenochititlan is located _____

Answer 6

in the SW portion of Lake Texcoco

Question 7

Who was Itzcoatle

Answer 7

The 4th tlatoani ( emperor) of Aztec and came in power 1428

Question 8

Itzcoatle formed the _________

Answer 8

Triple Alliance

Question 9

Triple Alliance

Answer 9

Tenochitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan

Question 10

The triple alliance fought to defeat the

Answer 10

Tepanec empire who had their capital in Northern side of Lake Texcoco to unite the two sides of the lake

Question 11

Itzcoatle demanded ___ from conquered lands

Answer 11

Tribute

Question 12

For annual tribute

Answer 12

2 warrior costumes and shields, 6 bins of maize, 2 bins of beans and 4 bins of herb

Question 13

For a 6 month tribute

Answer 13

800 large white maintenance ( blankets)

Question 14

Tribute

Answer 14

Gold and Enslaved ( only aztecs were given)

Question 15

Believed that the current world was part of diary of ___ worlds ( ____) & each were destroyed before it was made again

Answer 15

4, suns

Question 16

Aztec were _____

Answer 16

polythiestic

Question 17

The chief god was

Answer 17

Huitzilopochtil

Question 18

The feathered serpent

Answer 18

Quetzalcoatl

Question 19

The sun god

Answer 19

Tanatiuh

Question 20

Religous ceremonies were decided by

Answer 20

Aztec calendar- which had 2 sepertae calendars one with 365 days and one with 260 days.

Question 21

_______ was used to sacrifice to the ___ god in belief that without the sacrifice_________

Answer 21

Human heart, sun, the sungould would not allow the sun to rise every day

Question 22

Gave lands to

Answer 22

allies and friends.

Question 23

The class system became so rigid the lowere class was not able to go into the palace by _____

Answer 23

1500s

Question 24

Boys recieved training to be

Answer 24

warriors, fighting techniques, rituals, and the correct way to behave based on social class

Question 25

Wealthy boys ( children of skilled warrior or rich merchants) learned

Answer 25

culture, medicine, engineering, important songs and dances and to bcome priests or government officials.

Question 26

Girls learned

Answer 26

to weave, sew, cook, sing, dance and about the religion.

Question 27

In early _______, the Aztec stretched from _________ to ___________

Answer 27

1500s, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico

Question 28

Moctezuma Xocoyotl ( known as Montezuma) came to power in

Answer 28

1502

Question 29

Montezuma was the

Answer 29

last ruler of the Aztecs and ruled 15 million ppl in 38 provinces

Question 30

In _____, ___________ arrived to Aztec

Answer 30

1519, Hernan Cortes

Question 31

Montezuma believed Cortes to be a god bc

Answer 31

of Cortes pale skin

Question 32

However Montezuma used ___ to get rid of Cortes

Answer 32

Charms

Question 33

Montezuma did/did not invite the Soanish to his palace

Answer 33

Did