Aztecs, Mayans and Tenochtitlan

when was tenochtitlan founded

1325

the hieroglyph of tenochtitlan is..?

a rock and a catcus

the name tenochtitlan is derived from

“tetl” / roca

“nochtil” / “tuna” - la fruta del nopal, un tipo de cacto

eagle

águila

funadción

establishment/founding

dioses

gods

what sculpture represents the foundation of Tenochtitlan

un escultor de águila

Huitzilopochtli

one of the aztec gods

un dioses de mexicas

¿Qué Huitzilopochtli ordenó que hicieran?

He ordered the Mexicans to leave Aztlán and look for un águila devorando una serpiente encima de un cacto

saber

to know

where were the mexicans slaves?

Aztlán

lugar

a place

where is tenochtitlán

en un lago

What are los mexicas

los antepasados de azteca

dos grandes divisiones sociales eran:

1) Los nobles, sacerdotes, comerciantes, y miliares. Ellos tuvieron privilegiados

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2) Las personas no tuvieron privilegiados - los campesinos, artesanos, y escslves

campesinos

peasant

artesanos

craftsman

sacerdotes

preists

comerciantes

merchants

how many types of schools in tenochtitlan

3

Calmécac

Una escuela para de la clase alta

para sacerdotes, comerciantes o militares

Telpochcalli

Una escuela para la gente de clase

aprendían diferentes oficios

Cuicacalli

Escula de música

cultures of hispanics

los aztecas/mexicas, los mayas, los incas, los olmecas, y todos tenían cultura distinta

la piedra del sol

an aztec calendar

desarrollaron

developed

Where did aztecs and mayans develop

in mexico

when did aztecs and mayans develop

before the spanish arrived

Where do the aztecs live

en el centro de mexcio and the coast of the pacific

where did the mayans live

south of mexico and in parts of central america

the classical period of mayans

se acabó unos 400 años antes de lo de la civilización mexica

los mayas fundaron sus ciudades durante el mismo tiemp en que se fundó Roma

true

what century did the aztecs found their capital

14th

Maya gods

Chac, the rain god

Kukulcán, the feathered serpent

Did the aztecs borrow/use parts of the mayan culture when they moved toward the central part of america?

yes

what did chac turn into

Tlaloc

did Huitzilopochtli change names?

nope

what language did the aztecs speak

Nahuatl

what did the mayas speak

maya

who used hireoglyphics

maya

aztecs used what to write?

pictographic

Where was tenoctitlan found

lake Texcoco

what did the aztecs contribute when they conquered a town?

pieles de animales, cosechas (productos agrícolas) y jóvenes para sacrificios humanos

pueblo

town

form of the mayas empire

nunca tuvieron un imperio consolidado, era una serie de ciudades-estado gobernados por sacerdotes

gobernados

governer

entre

in between

cómo

how

what happened inbetween city states

war and commerce (guerras y comerico)

llegar

to arrive

why were the mayas advanced

tenía un sistema de escritura, el concepto del número cero y eran expertos en la astronomía y en la arquitectura

what did the aztecs develop

tecnologías de agricultura, como las chinampas, o jardines flotantes (floating gardens) y sistemas para irrigar sus cultivos (crops).

Maya populations when the spanish came

había pequeñas cominidades mayas en península Yucatán de México y en Guatemala.

Did the spanish easily conquer the aztecs?

yes, they received help from the people they conquered and infected a lot of them with diseases

tenían mucho poder

had a lot of power

the mayans were harder to defeat

true

antiguos

ancient

Where are most of the descendants from mayan culture now?

Mexico and guatemala - they speak maya and conserve the traditions

where do the aztec’s live now?

centro de mexico, and there are a lot of Nahuatl words in spanish