aztec words

Question 1

the native people of Mexico

Answer 1

Aztecs

Question 2

The Spanish adventurers that destroyed the Aztec Empire and conquered the lands in 1521.

Answer 2

conquistadors

Question 3

a settlement established on a foreign land

Answer 3

colony

Question 4

The capitol city of the Aztec Empire founded in 1345

Answer 4

Tenochititlan

Question 5

the source of cocoa and chocolate

Answer 5

cacao

Question 6

The aztec language

Answer 6

Nahuatl

Question 7

Floating gardens where famers grew crops

Answer 7

chinampas

Question 8

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

Answer 8

volador

Question 9

The Spanish conquistador landed on the coast of Mexico in 1519

Answer 9

Hernando Cortes

Question 10

a military operation in which an attacking force seeks to compel the surrender of a fortified place

Answer 10

siege

Question 11

The last Aztec Emperor

Answer 11

Montezuma

Question 12

The offering of hearts and blood to the aztec gods.

Answer 12

sacrifices

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Emperor

Question 14

The emperors chief advisor who was a man and held this strange title

Answer 14

Snake Woman

Question 15

held every 5 days, where people would come to buy and sell goods

Answer 15

markets

Question 16

A hug four-tiered pyramid which towered over the city, built from huge bricks of stone.

Answer 16

The Great Temple

Question 17

Two shrines on the top of the Great Pyramid.

Answer 17

Holy Shrines

Question 18

Goods acquired from each city that was sent to the capitol, and was gathered by gatherers, doubling the Aztecs in wealth.

Answer 18

tribute

Question 19

Paper made from bark of wild fig trees, which was soaked in water and beaten to thin shreds

Answer 19

codex

Question 20

travelling people called pachteca. They lived in separate cities and all belonged to a guild.

Answer 20

merchants