Aztecs
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| tropical fruits, gold and silver | These items were traded to the Aztecs for crops
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| tribute | Valuable gifts and taxes collected by the Aztecs from defeated peoples.
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| Tlachtli | What was the Aztec game where they tried to get a ball into a ring with their hips?
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| Tenochtitlan | A city the Aztecs built on an island in the lake that is present day Mexico City. It was the capital city.
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| small, swampy, and salt water | The three factors which made Tenochtitlan less than ideal
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| polytheistic | worshipped MANY gods/goddesses
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| Montezuma II | The last Aztec emperor in Mexico who was overthrown and killed.
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| Lake Texcoco | They settled inside of a small island on...
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| Cortez | Spanish soldier who led the conquistadors in a war against the Aztecs in 1519 and beat them.
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| The Great Temple | The religious point in the middle of Tenochtitlan.
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| dam | The Aztecs built these for flood protection.
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| Codecs | Aztec books
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| chinampas | Floating gardens built in the water to grow crops.
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| causeways and bridges | These were built by the Aztecs to make a connection to the mainland.
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| blood | This nourished the gods and kept them healthy, kept them from destroying the world.
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| The Aztec Mountains | To the Aztec these were security and a sacred sight.
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| Aztec government | Ruled by emperor
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| The Aztec calendar | The time telling device of the Aztecs, they had two of these, one of which was Solar and the other which was Sacred.
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| Aztec architecture | Skilled engineers: they built pyramids, temples, statues, bridges, irrigation systems, dams and floating gardens
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| Aztec agriculture | Maize, avocados, tomatoes, chilies, squash, cocoa. Slash and burn farming
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| aqueduct | A channel used to move water, usually supported on a bridge structure when it had to cross a valley.
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| 1200 - 1500s | Time period of the Aztec empire
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| 60,000 | How many Aztecs survived the Spanish?
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| social structure | Nobles, commoners, serfs, slaves
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