chapter 8 review final

Question 1

What did Moctezuma see when he was watching the night sky, and what did the sign mean?

Answer 1

h saw something flaming across the night sky, was what the Aztecs called an “a star serpent” a comet with a fiery tail.

Question 2

In Aztec Society, what were the two main classes?

Answer 2

nobles and commoners

Question 3

What were some examples of commoner people?

Answer 3

anyone who was not a noble belonged to the commoner class

Question 4

What were some examples of nobility people?

Answer 4

10-15 percent of the population belonged to nobility

priests came from the ranks fo the nobles

noblemen workers scribes, government officials and teachers

Question 5

How did Aztec people treat the Emperor, and what were some of his privileges?

Answer 5

• he lived in an enormous palace with a garden and zoo servants carried him around the street with a platform draped in ocelot skin other servants sweep the street for him.

Question 6

What were some of the emperor’s responsibilities?

Answer 6

was chief priest, commander-in-chief and head if state.

Question 7

In the emperor’s role as commander-in-chief, what were some values he had to have?

Answer 7

the emperor had to be a skilled warrior himself. He had to know the military strategy and how to lead others.

Question 8

In the emperor’s role as head of state, how did the process work?

Answer 8

before he made an important decision he would call together his council of priests and nobles and ask their advice. the decision, in the end, had to be the emperor’s decision

Question 9

What were calpolli?

Answer 9

Aztec society was organized into units called calpolli. Members of a calpolli lived in the same neighborhood and worshipped at the same temple. Some calpolli was based on the work that people did, Others had close family ties.

Question 10

What are some facts about the calpolli?

Answer 10

the calpolli owned the land where its members lived and farmed.

• each calpolli elected a captain and a council.
• the council of the calpolli assigned land and houses to its residents and collected taxes.
• it was important that the neighborhood was clean.

Question 11

What did the merchants do that enriched the Aztec state?

Answer 11

the taxes paid on their profits enriched the Aztec state.

Question 12

What was the most important food for the Aztecs?

Answer 12

Maize or corn was the most imortant food.

Question 13

What are some facts about the farmers?

Answer 13

they were skilled hunters and fishers.

they sold much of what they caught in the market to add to the family income.

farmers gave up a share of their produce in taxes.

they had to donate a certain number of hours of labor to work on projects for the state.

Question 14

What are some facts about the artisans?

Answer 14

• they were skilled craft workers. mak makers, goldsmith, and feather workers were among the most respected artisans.
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Question 15

What was the Tlatelolco market, and what happened there?

Answer 15

• was the largest market in the Aztec Empire.
• the market could hold up 60 000 people at a time.
• it was mainly run by a barter system
• the Spanish arrive in the market and the soldiers describe it to be amazing with a lot of people
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Question 16

In Aztec society, what were the 3 most common ways of indicating your position in society?

Answer 16

clothing, Jewelry and by the size and the location of your house.

Question 17

What was the main way of moving up in Aztec society?

Answer 17

achieving success on the battlefield.

They wanted the prisoners to sacrifice to honour the gods.

Question 18

If a warrior was a commoner, how could he move up his status?

Answer 18

if the commoner took four enemies to prison

Question 19

Aztec society pampered their children until the age of what?

Answer 19

three

Question 20

In Aztec society which people went to school?

Answer 20

every child went to school and schooling was free

Question 21

What were the two types of Aztec schools?

Answer 21

calmecac for nobles

telpochcalli for commoners

Question 22

What was calmecac?

Answer 22

was located in neighborhoods where nobles lived, It was often attached to a temple.

students studied codices to learn about their society. Religious training was an important part of their education.

Question 23

What were telpochcalli?

Answer 23

school for commoners

Question 24

What was the difference between how the commoner’s received their education, and how the nobles received their education?

Answer 24

they both used a system of glyphs.

• nobles learned how to read and write.
• commoners received all their instruction by spoken word rather than reading.
• they both used a counting system where they used their fingers it was based on number 20.

Question 25

Once a boy knew how to fight what would happen?

Answer 25

once he knew how to fight a boy would serve as a soldier servant and follow the army to learn how warriors conducted themselves in battle.

Question 26

At what age would boys become warriors themselves?

Answer 26

age 15 they would go into battle.

Question 27

Unlike other cultures, the Aztecs thought that it was important for women to get what?

Answer 27

to get a good education

Question 28

What happened when Aztec girls were 16?

Answer 28

most girls got married and moved in with their husbands. Then they educated their own children until they were old enough to attend school

Question 29

What were some of the jobs that Aztec women could do?

Answer 29

army as doctors and healers because they had the most knowledge about medicinal herbs.

older women acted as matchmakers, bringing young people together for marriage, they also served as midwives.

Question 30

What were some virtues of the Ideal Aztec Citizen?

Answer 30

courage

self-sacrifice

modesty

clean living

obedience

Question 31

How did the Aztec legal system work?

Answer 31

the legal system was a powerful tool for maintaining order in their society.

it served to remind people of their duties as a citizen and to be honest and obedient.

Question 32

In Aztec society, what was the difference between the punishment for lesser crimes, and the punishment for more severe ones?

Answer 32

for lesser crimes teh guilty person was fined or sentenced to slavery punishment

for serious crimes incluging theft was often death.

Question 33

What were slave laws in the Aztec society?

Answer 33

• if a noble beat a slave so severely that the slave died, the noble could be executed.
• if slaves sold in the marketplace could escape and run to the emperor’s palace they would immediately win their freedom.

Question 34

What did they think about slavery?

Answer 34

1. they did not think it was shameful to be a slave
2. they did not consider it a permanent condition