Chapter 7- Aztecs Flashcards
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Who was the god of the Aztecs
Huitzilopichti
What did Huitzilopichti command the people to do?
He told them to look for an eagle perching on a cactus that’s where they should settle and build a great city
How long did the Aztecs look for the catus and the eagle
Over 150 years they found it in the valley of Mexico in 1325
What did the land look like
On a complicated land the ass text could find was a swampy island and end of a broad lake it had print three water and a mild climate
Aztecs
The term as texts are referring to the soup Eli Seshan created by Normac tribe the next car during the 15th century
What did the mountains mean for the Aztecs
The mountains was more than a physical site they believed it was a sacred or holy site because they were closer to their gods, the places the Aztecs found was surronded by mountains
How did the mountains cause prombkems
The mountains protected the ass text but also called step problems for them. Because mountains was so steep rainstorms can cause fat floods after a great flood swamped but not teach no they had to rebuild it and earthen dam across the lake to the east city
What was highly valued in art in the Aztecs
Poetry was nightly valued. By creating poetry Aztecs felt that they were imitataing there gods
What was the lake surrounding trnovhitikan and how did it help with safety
Lake texcoco
The Aztecs builted three causeaways linking the lake to the main lake then bridges that contected the causeways to the city they would burn the bridges to ortect the city from invasion
What were the “floating islands” called and what was there purpose
Chibampa is what they build in water they would build it and then grow plants on it
Why is Mexico City sinking
Because they use the water underneath the island which is causeing it to sink
What did the Aztec believe about their gods
They believed that they controlled everything about how they lifed
What are the four main gods of the Aztecs people and what did they do
Huitzilopochti warlike god
Tezcarlipoca the most powerful
Quetzalcoatl the god of wind
Tlaloc the god of rain
What were the Aztecs calendars
They were called sun stones they had tonatuuh a god in the middle then the four previous creations of the world around the god had on the end the 20 days of the month
What two calendars did they have and why were they so important
A solar calendar was carved in the mid 1400s
The sacred calendar was 260 days long and it two the calendar 52 years to catch up with the solar calendar
Why did the Aztec sacrifice humans
They believed it was a deeply religious significance to be sacrificed it was the strongest expression of their devotion to the gods they believed the victims blood actually nourished the gods and without they would get sick and die
Why was war important to the Aztecs
It was important because they could capture people to sacrifice
Where do they believe tenochtitlan was
They believed it was in the centre of the world. The city was divided into four sections the four directions right in the middle was a large square which contained many temples the temples looked like moutains
How did they expand through trade
They would trade lots of animals thing since they didn’t have many of them and would trade foods
How did they expand through war
They controlled a larger empire then may in the North America they did this by believing they were better then anything else
How were they a warrior society
As soon as a baby boy was born they would place a tiny bow and shield in hi am Hand this symbolized his commitment to pretext the Aztec people they required all men to serve in the milary
How did the Aztecs profit in wars were not
Once the Aztecs conquers another group they collected tribute or valuable gifts or taxes
