The Amazing Aztecs Vocab Flashcards
A great city that the Aztecs built
Technochtitlan
The 9th and last true emperor of Aztec civilization
Montezuma II
Floating gardens
Chinampas
Homes of commoners made from logs or clay bricks
Adobe
A raised roadway across a swamp or body of water
Causeways
A widespread outbreak of a contagious disease
Epidemic
Planting one crop, harvesting it, and then immediately planting another crop on the same field
Multicropping
Planting multiple types of crops together
Intercropping
A fence, commonly made of wooden poles standing on end, that surrounds a settlement to protect it from attack
Palisade
A wide, water-filled ditch built to surround a settlement or building to prevent it from attack
Moat
A high cliff, overlooking a river
Bluff
Large, flat-topped mounds
Earthen Mounds
A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked according to status or authority
Hierarchy
An offering or payment to a leader or ruler
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