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Tenochtitlan
the Aztec capital city
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Aztlan
the region of north or northwest Mexico from which the Aztecs came
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Valley of Mexico
the region in central Mexico where the Aztecs settled
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Nahuatl
the language spoken by the Aztecs
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city-state
an independent government unit centered on a city
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Montezuma I
the greatest Aztec emperor
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calpolli
an Aztec family group; meant "big house"
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a lake
Was once at the site of Tenochtitlan and the modern-day Mexico city
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slaves
the social class was made up of captives in war, criminals, or citizens who couldn't pay their debts
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adobe
a brick made of sun-dried earth and straw
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thatched
covered with plant material, such as straw
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Telpuchcalli
an Aztec school sponsored by a family calpolli
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Calmecac
a school for training Aztec priests
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maguey
plant with tough fibers used in clothing for poorer Aztecs
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chicle
comes from the gum tree and is used in chewing gum
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fat
what the Aztecs had little of in their diets
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tortillas
cornmeal pancakes that later were called this by the Spanish
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woven
what Aztecs sat or slept on in their houses
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a wife's brother
who would usually not be living in an Aztec house
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clan
a group of extended families
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tribe
a group made up of 20 clans
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council
a group with members from each tribe who chose a chief, enforced the laws, and punished wrongdoers
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wars
All able-bodied men were expected to fight in any \________.
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vote
Aztec women did not have the right to \______.
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land
The calpolli owned most of the \_____.
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Hernando Cortes
leader of the 1519 and later expeditions to Mexico
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conquistadors
Spanish soldiers who conquered the natives of the new world
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Montezuma II
ruler of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish invasion
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missionaries
religious people who go into a foreign country to convert the natives to their religion; usually Christian
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smallpox
deadly disease brought by the Spanish for which the Aztecs had no resistance
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the Spanish governor of Cuba
sent expeditions into Mexico
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the return of the god Quetzalcoatl
Montezuma II thought the white men with metal armor represented what?
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other native tribes
Who helped the Spanish defeat the Aztecs?
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the Mayas
Who was the last native group to be defeated by the Spanish?