Grade 8 Aztecs

Front 1

What is the name of the Emporer of the Aztecs who was the ruler during the fall of the aztecs (Hint: Speculation on death)?

Back 1

Moctezuma

Front 2

What is the name for an Aztec spear throwing tool?

Back 2

An Atlatl

Front 3

What is the name of the city of the Aztecs?

Back 3

Tenochtitlan

Front 4

When did the spanish land in Mexico?

Back 4

1519

Front 5

Who is Huitzilopochtli?

Back 5

Is the Aztec God of Sun and War.

Front 6

Which spanish governer came from cuba to arrest Cortez?

Back 6

Diego Velazquez

Front 7

Who is Tlaloc?

Back 7

The Aztec God of Rain and Fertility.

Front 8

what is the name of a Aztec club weapon?

Back 8

a Macuahuitl

Front 9

What was the name of Cortez's deputy who ordered troops to loot Tenochtitlan?

Back 9

Pedro de Alvarado

Front 10

Why did the aztecs sacrifice?

Back 10

Because they were afraid that if they did not give the sun blood it would not have any energy to rise.

Front 11

Who where the rulers of the aztecs at 1370?

Back 11

Tepanecs

Front 12

What lake was Tenochititlan founded on?

Back 12

Lake Texcoco

Front 13

When did Cortez come to Mexico?

Back 13

1519

Front 14

What was special about the Aztecs aquaduct?

Back 14

It was twinned (it was two side by side)

Front 15

When was Tenochititlan destroyed?

Back 15

1521

Front 16

What was the name of the first island the Spanish sailed to?

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Hispaniola

Front 17

Quetzalcoatl

Back 17

The Aztec God intelligence and Self Reflection. He fled from Mexico and was going to come back and destroy their home, Cortez was mistaken for him.

Front 18

Why did Velasquez want to call off the expedition to Mexico?

Back 18

Because he was afraid that Cortez would get all the glory of discovering Mexico

Front 19

How did Cortez become intrigued to sail to "the new world"

Back 19

columbus came back from his voyage full of gold and a few slaves.

Front 20

Tezcatlipoca

Back 20

He is the Aztec God of the Night Sky. He is also the God of time. Him and Quetzalcoatl made the world.

Front 21

Which spaniard was considered to be Quetzacoatl and why?

Back 21

Cortes was considered to be the rain god, because the god had white skin and vowed to bring adversity onto the Aztec people. Coincindently, Cortes arrived in the same year the Quetzacoatl vowed to return.

Front 22

Why did the Aztecs settle in lake Texcoco?

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Because their prophet told them to look for a eagle on a cactus. they saw that and decided to settle on the island where the symbol was first seen.

Front 23

What city was built on top of the old city of Tenochititlan

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Mexico City

Front 24

What was the name of the town established by Cortés?

Back 24

La Villa Rica de la Veracruz

Front 25

How Did the Aztecs find their home?

Back 25

The Aztecs were told by their god, Huitzilopochtli, that they would find their home when they saw an eagle sitting on a cactus eating a snake.

Front 26

what did they sacfice the most?

Back 26

Humans

Front 27

Who was the leader of the spanish army

Back 27

Cortez

Front 28

Who brought over smallpox disease to Tenochtitlan and how did it affect the Aztecs?

Back 28

It is thought that a spanish slave brought over the disease. This disease killed many Aztecs because they were not immune to the disease and they didn't know how to fight it off.

Front 29

which God encourgaed the Aztecs to lave their home in search of a new one?

Back 29

Huitzilopochtli

Front 30

Why did the Aztecs leave their old home?

Back 30

Because their neighbouring tribes were going to attack them for killing their princess. Also, a leader had a dream that their new home would be found with an eagle on a cactus eating a snake.

Front 31

What sign were the Aztecs looking for?

Back 31

An eagle sitting on a cactus eating a snake. :)

Front 32

What was the main weapon of the aztec warriors?

Back 32

The Obsidian sword

Front 33

What year did Moctezuma die?

Back 33

1520

Front 34

By what year had the Spanish completely taken over the capital?

Back 34

1521

Front 35

Why did the Aztecs leave Aztlan to find a new home?

Back 35

They left because their sacred god Huitzilapochtli told them to

Front 36

What are the two aztec calenders?

Back 36

The solar calendar and the sacred calendar

Front 37

What is a Chinampa?

Back 37

Floating islands built in the water around Tenotchtitlan to grow crops

Front 38

What animal did the Spanish bring to Mexico that the Aztecs had never seen before

Back 38

The horse :)

Front 39

Why did the Conquistadors come to Tenochtitlan and what was there purpose?

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They wanted gold and to take over the empire

Front 40

What is an aquaduct

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A channel used to move water, usually usually supported on a bridge structure when it has to cross a valley

Front 41

What is a Chinampa?

Back 41

floating islands built in the water around Tenochtitlan to grow crops

Front 42

What year did Montezuma die?

Back 42

1520

Front 43

What was significant about the mountains?

Back 43

The Aztecs believed that they brought them closer to the gods.

Front 44

What is a Missonary?

Back 44

men and women from religious orders with the authority to teach and convert people to Christianity

Front 45

Conquistador

Back 45

The Spanish word for a leader of an expidition to colonize other lands

Front 46

When smallpox broke out in Mexico, who did it kill?

Back 46

The Aztecs

Front 47

Who was Huitzilopochtli?

Back 47

He was the god of sun and the Aztecs believed he needed a constant supply of blood. He was their tribal god and had warlike aspects.

Front 48

How long did Cortés stay in Cuba?

Back 48

Around eight years.

Front 49

What is the present day city where tenochtitlan used to be?

Back 49

Mexico city

Front 50

what are two of the Aztecs most formidable "inventions"

Back 50

The aqueduct and the chinampas

Front 51

Who are Huitzilopochtli
Tlaloc
Quetzalcoatl
Tezcatlipoca?

Back 51

The Aztec Gods

Front 52

Who were the most powerful God?

Back 52

Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli

Front 53

How did the arrival of the Spanish play into the Aztec history?

Back 53

Quetzacoatl was to come back that same year and destroy the aztec culture

Front 54

Why did the Aztecs think the spanish were gods

Back 54

Quetzacoatl was supposed to come back teh same year to distroy the land

Front 55

What illnesses could be caused by Tlaloc? (he was the God of Rain and Water)

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dropsy, leprosy and rheumatism

Front 56

What was the Aztec Calender?

Back 56

It was 365 days divided into 18 months, with five extra days that were considered bad luck.

Front 57

when the Spanish came, what scared the Aztecs the most?

Back 57

the sound of the canons

Front 58

What was one of the Aztec's main calendar

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The Calendar Stone

Front 59

Why were the Mountains so important to the Aztecs?

Back 59

They were very sacred and were thought to bring them closer to the Gods

Front 60

Aztec vs Spanish weapons

Back 60

the Aztec had the Obsidian Sword and the Spanish had canons and horses

Front 61

Who led the Spanish invasion?

Back 61

Hernan Cortez

Front 62

The Aztec dart thrower was a weapon used to hurl small darts called "tlacochtli" with greater force and from greater range than they could be thrown by hand. Murals at Teotihuacan show warriors using this effective weapon and it is characteristic of the Mesoamerican cultures of central Mexico.
what is the dart thrower named?

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Atlatl