Aztec ch.1 and 2 quiz

Where did the Aztecs originally come from

Aztlan ( mesoamerica )

How long did they take to travel from Aztlan to Lake Texcoco

150 years

Technochtitlan Capital became ___

Mexico city

What does Aztlan mean

Place of the herons

What is the symbolic color

White

What was their original name before the Europeans

Mexica

Legend

Huitzilopochtli commanded them to begin a long journey to look for an eagle perching on a cactus. That is where they will settle

When did their 150 year journey start and end

1168 - 1325

4 hardships they faced

• Geographic

• Meteorological

• Aging population

• Lack of basic needs

Examples of Geographic features they faced

• Climbing mountains and swamps

• Terrain

• Walking constantly

• Diseases of water

Examples of meteorological problems they faced

• stuck outside with no permanent shelter

• Rain ( chills , sickness, etc )

• Sun ( heat stroke , sun burns , dehydration )

Examples of why they faced aging population

People died of old age and weakness and people who started the journey never finished it

Examples of basic needs they lacked

• Shelter ( not permanent )

• Food ( hard to find and to make constantly )

• Water ( salty and led to dehydration )

After settling what did the Aztecs do

• held vibrant religious ceremonies

• Created magnificent art pieces

• Created beautiful buildings

Why did the Aztecs use codice

To teach younger generations Aztec history and importance of Gods ( accurate information about Aztec worldview and had multiple perspectives )

Aqueducts

Man made bridges that Carrie’s fresh water to 1 place to another

What was Huitzilopochtli born of

A ball of feathers

What was Huitzilopochtli fond of

Heart removal

What did Tlaloc control

Rainfall and farming

Polythetic

Worshipping / believing in multiple Gods

Temple Mayor was based off of what

Coatepec and serpent hill

What did the double pyramids mean

Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli

South pyramid

Huitzilopochtli

• red and white for war and sacrifice

North pyramid

Tlaloc

• blue and white for rain and moisture

Aztecs believed that the Earth was a ___

Flat disk

The Aztecs believed they were in the center of ____

• North

• East

• South

• West

• Up and down

The heart was a ___

Divine seed

The new emperors / kings became a _____

Living heir of the God

Aztecs considered themselves as ____

People of the sun

What did the Human blood help do

Sustain the suns journey across the sky

What did they promote

Warfare

How did they select

• Prisoners of war

• Perfect people

• Slaves

• Civilians

• Women

• Children

What happened if u were a perfect person

Pre-selected a year in advance to live as the embodiment of a specific God

Why were children offered

Suffering children were offered by their parents to end their suffering

Who were children offered to

Rain Gods

What happens if u volunteer

• Significant honor

• Ensure afterlife

• Elevates family’s social standing

Process

• Climb up temple mayor

• Handed to 4 priests

• Each of the 4 priests will hold 1 limb

• 5th priest will come and rip open ur stomach

• Ur heart will be ripped out and held up to the sun

• Heart is placed in a receptacle and is burned

• Body was thrown down onto the blood mat

• High ranking people could eat ur arms and legs

Okay thanks

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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

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