social studies

Question 1

telpochcalli

Answer 1

house of the young men

Question 2

compulsory

Answer 2

required or compelled by law

Question 3

omen

Answer 3

a happening believed to be a sign or warning of some future event

Question 4

principalities

Answer 4

be a monarchical feudatory or a sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a regnant-monarch

Question 5

intermediary

Answer 5

a person who acts as a link between people in order to try to bring about an agreement or reconciliation; a mediator

Question 6

viceroy

Answer 6

a ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign.

Question 7

catastrophe

Answer 7

an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.
“a national economic catastrophe”

Question 8

Mestizo

Answer 8

The term mestizo means mixed in Spanish, and is generally used throughout Latin America to describe people of mixed ancestry with a white European and an indigenous background

Question 9

Aztecs

Answer 9

a member of an indigenous Mexican people who established a great empire, centred on the valley of Mexico, that was overthrown by Cortés and his followers in the early 16th century

Question 10

tribute

Answer 10

an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration.
“the video is a tribute to the musicals of the 40s”

Question 11

quista

Answer 11

Your name of Quista makes you a conscientious, responsible person, appreciating system and routine

Question 12

Mayan

Answer 12

shining moon.

Question 13

calmecac

Answer 13

an Aztec school that prepared the sons of nobles in the duties of priests and chiefs

Question 14

causeway

Answer 14

a raised road or track across low or wet ground.
“an island reached at low tide by a causeway

Question 15

Tenochtitlan

Answer 15

Among the prickly pears [growing among] rocks.”

Question 16

glyphs

Answer 16

a hieroglyphic character or symbol; a pictograph.
“flanges painted with esoteric glyphs

Question 17

quetzal

Answer 17

a bird of the trogon family, with iridescent green plumage and typically red underparts, found in the forests of tropical America.

Question 18

Spanish Inquisition

Answer 18

a judicial institution that lasted between 1478 and 1834

Question 19

conquistador

Answer 19

a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century

Question 20

musket

Answer 20

muzzle-loaded long gun

Question 21

aqueduct

Answer 21

a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away

Question 22

Creoles

Answer 22

all the people, whatever their class or ancestry—European, African, Asian, Indian—who are part of the Caribbean culture.

Question 23

chinampa

Answer 23

a technique used in Mesoamerican agriculture which relies on small, rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico.

Question 24

calpolli

Answer 24

: a clan or ward constituting the fundamental unit of Aztec society

Question 25

caliphate

Answer 25

the caliphates were polities based on Islam which developed into multi-ethnic trans-national empires.

Question 26

epidemic

Answer 26

a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

Question 27

Nahuatl

Answer 27

a language or group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family.

Question 28

artisan

Answer 28

a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.

Question 28

encomienda

Answer 28

A grant by the Spanish king or queen that allowed a person to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indigenous people in a defined territory