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Aztec Facts The Sad Night 8 FeaturesBig IdeasVocabulary 10 20 30 40 50
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Question 1 - 10 This city was founded by the Aztecs on the place where an eagle was perched on a cactus, on a rock, with a snake in its beak.
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Answer 1 – 10 Tenochtitl án
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Question 1 - 20 This is the name of the modern day city were the Aztec capital city was located.
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Answer 1 – 20 Mexico City
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Question 1 - 30 This is the name for the language spoken by the Aztec people
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Answer 1 – 30 Nahuatl
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Question 1 - 40 When they first arrived in Central America, the Aztec people were good at THIS, not war as they were later remembered.
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Answer 1 – 40 Farming
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Question 1 - 50 The Aztecs built their empire with these two tactics.
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Answer 1 – 50 Warfare and trade
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Question 2 - 10 This man was the leader of the Aztec empire during the time of The Sad Night.
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Answer 2 – 10 Moctezuma
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Question 2 - 20 This man was the Spanish conquistador who eventually defeated the Aztecs and destroyed their civilization.
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Answer 2 – 20 Hernán Cortés
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Question 2 - 30 Moctezuma thought Cortés was THIS Aztec god upon his arrival in Mexico.
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Answer 2 – 30 Quetzalcoatl
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Question 2 - 40 Alvarado, a Spanish soldier started the war between the Aztecs and Spanish by doing this.
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Answer 2 – 40 Slaughtering priests, dancers, and musicians during a religious ceremony.
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Question 2 - 50 This is the group of people who were most successful at the end of The Sad Night.
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Answer 2 – 50 The Spanish
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Question 3 - 10 The head of the Aztec government is this man. (Hint: not a specific person)
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Answer 3 – 10 The King
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Question 3 - 20 When worshiping, the Aztecs performed THESE, over 10,000 a year.
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Answer 3 – 20 Human sacrifices
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Question 3 - 30 Name two specific jobs found in the Aztec empire.
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Answer 3 – 30 Farmers Merchants Artisans Warriors Priests
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Question 3 - 40 In Aztec society, these people were in the lowest or poorest class of people.
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Answer 3 – 40 Farmers & Slaves
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Question 3 - 50 Aztecs kept detailed written records in THESE.
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Answer 3 – 50 A codex, or codices.
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Question 4 - 10 The Aztecs built a great empire, but were conquered by THIS group of people in 1521.
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Answer 4 – 10 The Spanish
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Question 4 - 20 THIS group of people developed complex social, religious, artistic, and scientific systems in their empire.
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Answer 4 – 20 The Aztec
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Question 4 - 30 Name two scientific achievements of the Aztecs.
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Answer 4 – 30 Calendar Medicinal plants
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Question 4 - 40 Besides writing codices, the Aztecs also kept their stories and traditions alive through THIS.
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Answer 4 – 40 Story telling or oral traditions
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Question 4 - 50 These kept fresh water flowing into the Aztec cities and helped maintain the way of life for the Aztecs.
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Answer 4 – 50 Canals
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Question 5 - 10 This was a combination of bridges and roads built across water to protect Tenochtitlán.
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Answer 5 – 10 Causeways
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Question 5 - 20 This is a developed group of people with 8 features to identify them.
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Answer 5 – 20 Civilization
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Question 5 - 30 A group of cities, land or people all controlled by one leader or government.
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Answer 5 – 30 Empire
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Question 5 - 40 When people move from one place to another, they are doing THIS.
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Answer 5 – 40 Migrate
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Question 5 - 50 This is another name for Central America, it includes the area in the middle of the North and South America.
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Answer 5 – 50 Mesoamerica
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