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Lake Texcoco
What is the lake that the Aztecs lived on called?
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Calmecac
What was the school called for the nobles?
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An Omen
What was it called when there was a bad sign?
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Nobles & Commoners.
What were the two main classes in Aztec society?
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North America
What continent did the Aztecs live on?
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Telpochcalli
What was the school called for the commoners?
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Quetzalcoatl
Which god was supposed to return and destroy the Aztecs in the year "One-Reed"?
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Achieving success on the battlefield.
How did people move up in Aztec society?
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Aqueducts
If lake Texcoco was saline, how did they get fresh water?
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About 10-15 years old.
About what age did the Aztec children start going to school?
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Units of organization in Aztec society.
Explain a calpolli.
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Chinampas
What did the Aztecs build and use to grow plants?
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20, because the counted on their fingers and toes.
What was the Aztec number system based on? And why?
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Merchants: Brought back prized goods, acted as spies for the Aztecs
Farmers: Grew crops, hunted, fished Artisans: Make fashionable clothes, make works of art
What was the role of the following:
Merchants Farmers Artisans |
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Good: Block enemies, and\or clouds.
Bad: Flash floods, can't grow as many types of plants.
What is one good thing and one bad thing about the mountains surrounding the Aztecs?
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Differences:
In the Telpochcalli, children were taught only through oral lessons. In the Calmecac children were taught to read and write. Similarities: Both had religious training. Both schools had oral lessons.
What were 2 differences and 2 similarities between the Calmecac and Telpochcalli?
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Courage, self-sacrifice, modesty, clean living, obedience.
What were the five virtues of the ideal Aztec citizen?
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It was the strongest expression of their devotion to the gods,since they believed that the victims blood actually nourished the gods.
Why did the Aztecs believe that it was necessary to give the gods human blood?
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1. Emperor
2. Nobility and Priests 3. Merchants, Artisans, Soldiers 4. Farmers, Fishers, Women 5. Slaves
Explain in order from top to bottom the Aztec social hierarchy.
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