The Aztecs

Question 1

What is the biggest city built by the Aztecs?

Answer 1

Tenochtitlan it’s where Mexico Citu is

Question 2

What do the Aztecs think of the mountains?

Answer 2

Gave them a sense of security

Protected them from attack by invaders

Seem sacred because their closer to their gods

Question 3

How could the mountains surrounding Tenochtitlan be a problem?

Answer 3

Could cause flash floods from the rainstorms

Question 4

Aqueducts

Answer 4

Flow all the way from the mountains

When nearing the lakes they raise so canoes can pass under

The two pipes make repairs easy

Question 5

Chinampa

Answer 5

Needed a place to farm

Thick reed mats covered in mud that float in the river

Plant on the mats

Question 6

Causeways

Answer 6

Could be blocked off in times of war by raising them

Bridges that connect Tenochtitlan (the island) to the main land

Question 7

Huitzilopochtli

Answer 7

He was the god who told the Aztec’s where to settle

An expansionist god

Eats human blood

Loves war

Question 8

Tezcatlipoca

Answer 8

The god of night

Can see the future through his black mirror

Most powerful

Nemesis is Huitzilopochtli

Alias is Lord of the Night sky

Question 9

Quetzalcoatl

Answer 9

Means Feathered spirit

Loves offerings of flowers incense and birds

Loves a raft made if rattlesnakes

When the Aztec’s see him next the Aztec empire will be destructed

Question 10

Tlaloc

Answer 10

Could unleash deadly floods or cause drought and famine

Reason to fear him is he controlled their survival

Question 11

Sacred Calender

Answer 11

Aztecs believed that there were 4 eras before the present one

All 4 eras were destroyed

First era: Jaguar

Second era: Hurricanes

Third era: Fiery Rain

Fourth era: Flood

Fifth era: predicted earthquakes

Question 12

Human sacrifice

Answer 12

Aztecs believed that gods were nourished by victims blood

Without it gods would die and so would the world

War was important so they can capture new victims for sacrifice

Question 13

Codices

Answer 13

Aztec books

Question 14

Codex

Answer 14

1 type of Aztec book

Question 15

How did trade affect the Aztecs?

Answer 15

The mountains affected the Aztecs ability to get goods

Tropical plants didn’t grow in their area

No gold or silver

Merchants set out with hundreds of slaves to go and get goods from far places

Question 16

How did war affect the Aztecs?

Answer 16

Military service was compulsory in Aztec society

Cowardice is a sign of weakness

Once Aztecs conquered a group tribute was to be paid

Tribute included gifts and taxes

Question 17

Social Hierarchy in Aztec society

Answer 17

Emperor

Nobility and Priests

Merchants, Soldiers, Artisans

Farmers, Fishers, Women

Slaves

Question 18

The Emperor

Answer 18

Huey Tlatotoani (Great Speaker)

Treated as a god

A skilled warrior

The good of the empire was in his hands

Question 19

Family clans

Answer 19

Society was organized into units called Calpolli

Some societies were based on the work they did

Merchants made up the richest calpolli in Tenochtitlan

Question 20

Why were merchants important?

Answer 20

They would go far away and bring back prized goods to sell in the market

Question 21

Feather Artisans

Answer 21

Nobility only could wear feathers

The most prized feather were of the Quetzol bird

Question 22

What were signs of social status?

Answer 22

Clothing

Jewelry

Size/Location of home

Question 23

How do you move up in society?

Answer 23

Capture 4 prisoners in battle

Question 24

Calmecac

Answer 24

School for the nobles

Located in the center of the city

Read and write glyphs

Harsh discipline

Citizenship
Astronomy
Music
Law

Question 25

Telpochcalli

Answer 25

School for the commoners

Located in commoner areas

Didn’t learn to read and write

Punishments slightly less severe

History
Hard physical labour
Religion
Military training

Question 26

Women in the Aztec society

Answer 26

All attended schools

Most married by 16 and moved in with their husbands

Women weren’t undervalued but did have little power’
Could be doctors, healers, priestesses, matchmakers and midwives

Question 27

Aztec children

Answer 27

Pampered until the age of 3

After are expected to be obedient

Harshly punished if misbehaved

Wanted to turn children into a stone cold aztec citizen

Question 28

What were the 5 values of aztec society?

Answer 28

Courage

Self sacrifice

Modesty

Clean living

Obedience

Question 29

Laws

Answer 29

Was very important

Nobles we’re judged more harshly

Nobles are expected to be role models

Question 30

What did the court do for certain crimes?

Answer 30

For lesser crimes sentenced to slavery or fined

Punishments for serious crimes like theft was often death (sacrifice)

Question 31

Slaves

Answer 31

Relied on to perform essential tasks

Laws in place to protect them

If a noble killed a slave they would be executed

Bad luck to be a slave

Slavery wasn’t permanent could be released if debt was paid off and children were born free

Question 32

How could you become a slave?

Answer 32

As punishment for a crime

Voluntarily sold into slavery to pay your debt or family’s debt

Get captured in war by an Aztec

Question 33

How could you get rid of a slave?

Answer 33

If your slave wouldn’t do your bidding bring them to the market and prove it

Had to do this 3 times using 3 different acts of refusal

After the 3rd time the slave was then returned and resold

Slave had to be sold and resold 3 times to 3 different masters until sacrificed

Question 34

How could slaves be freed?

Answer 34

Could buy their freedom

Had to pay what he had paid to buy them

On the way to being sold or resold they could attempt to run to the palace without being stopped their free

The only person who could chase them was the master’s son

If anyone interfered in the chase they would immediately become a slave