Unit 2 - Worldviews in Conflict: The Spanish and the Aztecs

Question 1

sacred calendar

Answer 1

The Aztec calendar is the calendar system that was used by the Aztecs as well as other Pre-Columbian peoples of central Mexico

Question 2

tribute

Answer 2

valuable gifts and texes collected by the Aztecs from a conquered group or city

Question 3

hierarchy

Answer 3

a social system in which status is ranked, and power is concentrated in the higher ranks

Question 4

calpolli

Answer 4

units of organization in Aztec society

Question 5

monotheism

Answer 5

a belief in the existance of ONE god

Question 6

polytheism

Answer 6

a belief in the existence of MANY gods

Question 7

Encomienda system

Answer 7

a Spanish system that gave Spanish settlers land grants when they arrived in a colony

Question 8

Reconquista

Answer 8

the Christian reconquest of Spain from the Muslims

Question 9

Spanish Inquisition

Answer 9

a state-run system of courts in Spain where non-Catholics were put on trial

Question 10

(who) Huitzilopochtli

Answer 10

Aztec tribal god of war, sun, human sacrifice and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan

Question 11

Montezuma

Answer 11

Aztec emperor - captured by Cortes and killed during the Spanish conquest of Mexico

Question 12

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

Answer 12

monarchs whose marriage created the union of Castile and Aragon which formed the Kingdom of Spain. Because of their religious zeal, they became known as the “Catholic Monarchs”

Question 13

Hernan Cortes

Answer 13

“The Conquistador” - lead Spanish troops toward Moctezuma and the Aztecs

Question 14

Conquistadors

Answer 14

the word the Spanish use to describe the leader of an expedition to colonize other lands

Question 15

Mestizos

Answer 15

persons of mixed race of Spanish and Aztec descent

Question 16

In what ways did intercultural contact between the Aztecs and the Spanish affect each society’s worldview?

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Question 17

What factors contributed to the dominance of the Spanish over the Aztecs?

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Question 18

How did the structure of the Aztec society tell us what was important to the Aztec people?

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Question 19

How and why did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella impose their religious worldview on Spanish society?

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Question 20

In what ways did technology and disease contribute to the Spanish dominance over the Aztecs?

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Question 21

How did the Spanish and Aztec world views influence the strategies they used against each other?

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Question 22

How can losing a war affect the worldview of a conquered nation and its peoples?

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