Aztec Words

Question 1

The native people of Mexico

Answer 1

Aztecs

Question 2

The Spanish adventurers and conquerors who destroyed the Aztec Empire in 1521

Answer 2

conquistadors

Question 3

A settlement established in a foreign land

Answer 3

colony

Question 4

The capital city of the Aztec empire founded in 1345

Answer 4

Tenochtitlan

Question 5

The source of cocoa and chocolate

Answer 5

cacao

Question 6

The Aztec language

Answer 6

Nahuatl

Question 7

Floating gardens where farmers grew crops

Answer 7

chinampas

Question 8

A spectacular entertainment consisting of a high pole and a platform with four men dressed as birds

Answer 8

volador

Question 9

In 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando landed on the coast of Mexico

Answer 9

Cortes

Question 10

A military operation in which an attacking force seeks to compel the surrender of a fortified place by cutting off supplies

Answer 10

siege

Question 11

The last Aztec emperor who tried to defeat Cortes and became emperor in 1502

Answer 11

Montezuma

Question 12

The most valuable gift that the Aztecs had to offer and was done at the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan

Answer 12

sacrifices

Question 13

The leader of the Aztecs, treated like a god and rarely seen in public

Answer 13

Emperor

Question 14

The Emperor’s chief adviser and dealt with the day-to-day running of the Empire

Answer 14

Snake Woman

Question 15

Held every 5 days, and was used to buy and sell goods

Answer 15

markets

Question 16

A huge, four-tiered pyramid which towered over the city

Answer 16

The Great Temple

Question 17

Two shrines were on top of the Great Pyramid dedicated to the god of rain and fertility and to the god of sun and war

Answer 17

Holy Shrines

Question 18

Goods required from each city that was sent to the Capitol

Answer 18

tribute

Question 19

paper made from the bark of wild fig trees

Answer 19

codex

Question 20

pochtecas that brought back luxury goods and belonged to a merchant guild

Answer 20

merchants