Social studies chapter 7 to 12 vocabulary

Question 1

Telpochcalli

Answer 1

Aztec school for commoners

Question 2

Compulsory

Answer 2

Required by law

Question 3

Omen

Answer 3

A sign of something going to happen

Question 4

Principalities

Answer 4

Small areas often ruled by princes

Question 5

Intermediary

Answer 5

Mediator between two groups

Question 6

Viceroy

Answer 6

Representative of sovereign in foreign jurisdiction

Question 7

Catastrophe

Answer 7

A disaster

Question 8

Mestizo

Answer 8

People of Spanish and Aztec decent

Question 9

Aztecs

Answer 9

Name given to the civilization by a nomadic tribe ( the mexical)

Question 10

Tribute

Answer 10

Believing in something giving it something. Ex. How egyptians believed in greek gods

Question 11

Missionaries

Answer 11

People who convert others to christianity

Question 12

Reconquista

Answer 12

The reconquering of Spain from the Muslims

Question 13

Mayan

Answer 13

Language spoken by Maya people

Question 14

Calmecac

Answer 14

School for nobles

Question 15

Causeways

Answer 15

A Bridge that lead people out of Tenochtitlan and it could raise

Question 16

Tenochtitlan

Answer 16

A place that Aztecs built that lasted for a while

Question 17

Glyphs

Answer 17

Pictures or symbols used in writing

Question 18

quetzal

Answer 18

A brilliantly coloured bird in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America

Question 19

Spanish inquisition

Answer 19

Courts in Spain non catholics on trial

Question 20

Conquistador

Answer 20

Spanish word for leader of expedition

Question 21

Musket

Answer 21

Long rifle like gun shot from shoulder

Question 22

Aqueducts

Answer 22

A channel used to move water

Question 23

Creoles

Answer 23

Descendants of Spanish settlers in Mexico

Question 24

Chinampa

Answer 24

Land built by the Aztecs for farmland or people it was built on water

Question 25

Calpolli

Answer 25

Units of Commoner housing

Question 26

Caliphate

Answer 26

Place of jurisdiction of Islamic rulers

Question 27

Epidemic

Answer 27

A disease that spreads quickly to lots of people sometimes fatal

Question 28

Nahuatl

Answer 28

Language spoken by the Aztecs

Question 29

Econmienda

Answer 29

Spanish system gave settlers land grants

Question 30

Artisan

Answer 30

A skilled craft worker