Grade 5: Aztec Civilization Vocabulary

capital city of the Aztec Empire

• Mesoamerica

• Panama

• Tenochtitlán

a public square or open area in a city where people gather

• plaza

• mercenary

• causeway

a professional soldier who is paid to fight for another country or group

• alliance

• mercenary

• plaza

uniform behavior according to a set of social or cultural rules or beliefs

• culture

• plaza

• conformity

a solid earthen roadway built across water or low ground

• moat

• railroad

• causeway

to take control of a person or thing by force

• captured

• alliance

• return

a group of countries, city-states, or other entities who agree to work together, usually for common defense or trade

• alliance

• enemies

• empire

a Mesoamerican people who built an empire in central Mexico that flourished from 1428 to 1519 C.E.

• Maya

• Incas

• Aztecs