Aztec Unit

Question 1

Telpochcalli

Answer 1

Aztec school for commoners

Question 2

Compulsory

Answer 2

Required by law

Question 3

Omen

Answer 3

A sign of something going to happen

Question 4

principalities

Answer 4

small areas ruled by princes

Question 5

intermediary

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Viceroy

Answer 6

the representative of a sovereign in a foreign jurisdiction

Question 7

catastrophe

Answer 7

a disaster

Question 8

Mestizo

Answer 8

a mix between Spanish and Aztec

Question 9

Aztecs

Answer 9

name given to the civilization created by a nomadic tribe who settled in the valley of Mexico in the 15th century

Question 10

tribute

Answer 10

valuable gifts and taxes collected by the Aztecs from a conquered group or city

Question 11

missionaries

Answer 11

men and women from religious orders with the authority to teach and convert people to christianity

Question 12

Reconquista

Answer 12

the Christian conquest of Spain from the muslims

Question 13

Mayan

Answer 13

the language spoken by the Maya people

Question 14

calmecac

Answer 14

the Aztec school for nobles

Question 15

causeway

Question 16

Tenochtitlan

Answer 16

capital city of the Aztecs

Question 17

Glyphs

Answer 17

pictures or symbols used in writing

Question 18

Quetzal

Answer 18

a colourful bird from central america

Question 19

Spanish Inquisition

Answer 19

a state-run system of courts in Spain where non Catholics were put on trial

Question 20

conquistador

Answer 20

the word that the Spanish used to describe the leader of an expedition to colonize other lands

Question 21

musket

Answer 21

long, rifle-like guns that were fired from the shoulder

Question 22

aqueduct

Answer 22

a channel used to move water usually supported on a bridge structure when it had to cross a valley

Question 23

creoles

Answer 23

descendants of Spanish settlers in mexico

Question 24

chinampa

Answer 24

floating islands built in the water around tenochtitlan to grow crops

Question 25

calpolli

Answer 25

units of organization in Aztec society

Question 26

caliphate

Answer 26

the area of jurisdiction of Islamic rulers

Question 27

epidemic

Answer 27

a disease that spreads rapidly and effects many individuals at a time

Question 28

nahuatl

Answer 28

the language spoken by the Aztecs

Question 29

artisan

Answer 29

a skilled craftsworker

Question 30

encomienda

Answer 30

a spanish system that gave Spanish settlers land grants when they arrived