Civilizations of the Americas

a group of people who established the Aztec Empire in what is now central Mexico

• Mexica

• Maya

• Inca

• Peru

belief in more than one god

• monotheistic

• polytheistic

• conquistadors

• traders

Originally from a specific region, or the first people to live in a place

• Mexica

• Aztec

• indigenous

• agriculture

the spoken and written language of the Aztecs

• hieroglyphics

• English

• Spanish

• Nahuatl

farming; growing crops and raising animals to provide food and materials for people

• agriculture

• indigenous

• chinampas

• sacrifices

man made islands built on lakes or rivers for farming; "floating gardens"

• agriculture

• chinampas

• polytheistic

• terrace

The Aztec nation was located on the continent of

What was the capital of the Aztecs?

• Tenochtitlan

• Cuzco

• Mexico City

• Texcoco

leader in the Spanish conquest of America

• conquistador

• Montezuma

• military

• Mexica

Put the Aztec Social Structure in order from highest position of power to lowest.

• Tlatoani, Pipiltin, Pochteca, Macehualtin

• Macehualtin, Pochteca, Pipiltin, Tlatoani

• Tlatoani, Pochteca, Pipiltin, Macehualtin

• Pochteca, Pipiltin, Tlatoani, Macehualtin