Aztec ch.2

L1

Emperor

L2

Nobles ( nobility and priests )

L3

Nobles ( merchants , artisans , soldiers )

L4

Commoners ( farmers , fishers , women )

L5

Commoners ( slaves )

Emperor

Huay Tlatoani ( great speaker )

Luxury

Slaves and servants

Jobs

Chief, priest, commander in chief, head of the state

Skilled ____ and military _____

Leader and strategist

Responsibility

To make important decisions

Nobles

Small %

Jobs

Leaders, priests, judges, government officials

Most ____ power and ____

Political and wealth

Merchants

Richest calpolli in capital

Merchants have a great knowledge about _____ and ______

Geography and foreign cities

Artisans

Makers

Made

Jewelry, clothes, art, masks, gold, feather headwear

____ bird feather was important

Tropical

Farmers

Grew crop for people

Skilled ____ and ____

Hunters and fishers

Signs of status

• Clothing

• Jewelry

• House size

Moving up by

Capturing people in war or sacrificing yourself

Family expectations

1

Boys

Hard labor

Girls

Household chores, weaving, tradition, morals

Children

Learning family business

Calpilli

Worship at the same temple, elect captain and council

Council

Kept neighborhoods clean and made decisions

Aztecs overall

Hardworking and obedient

Stone ____ and stone ____

Hearts and faces

Education

2

Homeschooled until ___

Teens

Schooling

Free

Children were free from ___

Work

All boys train to be ____

Priests ( only nobles were high ranking priests )

Priestesses

Girls

Calmecac

3

Lived at ___

School

Learned using codices

Astronomy, math, reading, writing, music, law, calendar

Telpochcalli

4

Illiterate

No reading and writing

Learned orally

Religion, history, citizenship, music

Trained to be ____ and the ___

Warriors and skills

15 years old

Became warriors

Military orders of ___ and ____

Eagle and jaguar

Women

5

Little power but could ….

Go to school, own property, run a business

Teaches ____ students

Homeschooled

Knowledge about

Medicinal herbs

Citizenship

6

Worked hard in

Farming, trading, crafting, warfare, religious duties

Ideal citizen

• Courageous ( no complains )

• Self-sacrificing ( other before you )

• Modest ( no bragging )

• Lived clean ( no over indulgence )

• Obedient ( respect superiors )

Aztec laws

7

___ helped create organize written laws

Mocetezuma

Broken law =

Specific punishment

System

Orderly and fair

Judged ___ harder then commoners

Nobles ( role models )

Judges decision was based off

Evidence

Judges decided punishments

Less = fines or slavery

Serious = death

No ____

Prison

Unfair?

Appeal ( if it keeps getting appealed emperor makes final decision )

Salve laws

8

Still important and it’s just ___ and not ____

Bad luck and shameful

Salves

• Laws to protect rights

• No beating allowed

• Own land and other slaves

• Temporary until debt paid or punishment over

1 chance to escape

When getting sold at a marker, u must get to the emperors palace to get set free

Why?

• 1 last fair chance

• Represented bravery and determination

• Emperor in charge and owns all power