Aztec questions that may be answered after studying chs. 24 and 25 in History Alive.
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| 68908406 | Aztecs | A Mesoamerican culture who built a vast empire in central Mexico. | 0 | |
| 68908407 | Lake Texcoco | Aztec legend states that their priests saw an eagle with a snake in its beak on an island in this lake. | 1 | |
| 68908408 | Tenochtitlan | Aztec city meaning "the place of the fruit of the prickly pear cactus" | 2 | |
| 68908409 | Mexica | As a nomadic band of hunter gatherers, the Aztecs originally called themselves this name | 3 | |
| 68908410 | mercenary | a soldier who is paid to fight for another country or group | 4 | |
| 68908411 | alliance | a group of countries, city-states, or other entities who agree to work together, often to fight common enemies | 5 | |
| 68908412 | plaza | place where the Aztecs gathered in the center of Tenochtitlan for religious rituals, feasts, and festivals | 6 | |
| 68908413 | causeway | a raised road built across water or low ground | 7 | |
| 68908414 | Five million | At its height, the Aztec empire included this many people | 8 | |
| 68908415 | early 1500s | The Aztec empire was at its largest and strongest during this period of time | 9 | |
| 68908416 | tribute | The Aztecs relied upon this form of payment from the surrounding people | 10 | |
| 68908417 | Huitzilopochtli | The Aztecs believed that this chief god required human blood for survival | 11 | |
| 68908418 | Five main classes | Aztec society was divided into this number of classes | 12 | |
| 68908419 | The Ruler | the top of the Aztec hierarchy | 13 | |
| 68908420 | The Ruler | this position was not hereditary | 14 | |
| 68908421 | hereditary | passed on from parent to child; inherited | 15 | |
| 68911058 | semidivine | more than human but not fully a god | 16 | |
| 68911059 | government officials, priests, and military leaders | the Aztec noble class consisted of these three groups | 17 | |
| 68911060 | pochteca | the highest class of commoners (traders) were called | 18 | |
| 68911061 | pochteca | lived in a separate section of Tenochtitlan and paid taxes with rare goods | 19 | |
| 68911062 | commoners | craftspeople and artisans like potters and jewelers were members of this social class | 20 | |
| 68911063 | commoners | most farmers, fishers, laborers and servants were members of this social class | 21 | |
| 68911064 | calpulli | a neighborhood that is a political unit within a city | 22 | |
| 68911065 | calpulli or ward | plots of farm land were loaned to commoners by this group | 23 | |
| 68911066 | prisoners of war, lawbreakers, and debtors | slaves included these three groups | 24 | |
| 68911067 | peasants | free people who were considered inferior to commoners | 25 | |
| 68911068 | peasants | this group was not loaned land by the calpulli so they hired out their services to nobles | 26 | |
| 68913507 | the groom's family | chose the bride for an Aztec marriage | 27 | |
| 68913508 | matchmaker | an older woman who was hired to help arrange an Aztec marriage | 28 | |
| 68913509 | polygamy | marriage practice in which a man or a woman has more than one spouse | 29 | |
| 68913510 | dowry | a gift of money or goods presented to a man or a woman upon marriage | 30 | |
| 68913511 | the bride's family | this family set a dowry before the marriage | 31 | |
| 68913512 | physical abuse, desertion, failure to support | Accepted reasons for Aztec women to divorce men | 32 | |
| 68913513 | neglect home duties, have a poor temper, produce no children | Accepted reasons for an Aztec man to divorce a woman | 33 | |
| 68913514 | to bear and care for children | Aztecs believed this was a woman's most important job | 34 | |
| 68913515 | to be a soldier | commoner boys trained at school for this task | 35 | |
| 68913516 | to be priests, government officials, or military commanders | sons of nobles learned these three skills at their school | 36 | |
| 68913517 | maize | this food was the mainstay of the Aztec diet | 37 | |
| 68913518 | winged ants and an axolotl (lizardlike creature) | wealthy Aztecs might eat these two prized delicacies | 38 | |
| 68913519 | Barter or trade | Instead of a money exchange, Aztecs used this practice within the market | 39 | |
| 68914737 | the sun god or Huitziilopochtli | the Aztec chief god | 40 | |
| 68914738 | nourish or "feed" the god blood | Aztecs believed that this was the way to keep their sun god strong | 41 | |
| 68914739 | warriors captured in battle | Aztecs believed that this group had particularly "strong blood" | 42 | |
| 68914740 | cutting off women's heads | Aztecs honored the goddess of corn in this manner | 43 | |
| 68914741 | patolli | board game played by the Aztecs | 44 | |
| 68914742 | tlachtli | ball game played by the nobility | 45 | |
| 68914743 | the world | the tlachtli court represents this | 46 | |
| 68914744 | a heavenly body | the ball used in the game of tlachtli represents this | 47 | |
| 68914745 | codex | a type of bark-paper book used by the Aztec to record historical, religious, governmental, and scientific knowledge | 48 | |
| 68914746 | Mexico City | Tenochtitlan existed near to this modern day city | 49 | |
| 68914879 | 1.) the ruler; 2.) nobles consisting of government officials, priests, and military leaders; 3.) commoners; 4.) peasants; 5.) slaves | five Aztec classes in order from highest to lowest | 50 | |
| 68919117 | Nahuatl | Aztec language | 51 | |
| 69411955 | a temple | What building was at the center of Tenochtitlan was the city's most important building? | 52 | |
| 69411956 | that the people pay tribute to the Aztec emperor | What did the Aztecs demand of the people they conquered? | 53 | |
| 69413258 | A group of advisors would choose the next emperor. | How did the Aztecs choose their emperor? | 54 | |
| 69413259 | the priests | Which group of Aztecs studied the sky, predicted the future, and ran the schools? | 55 | |
| 69413260 | corn | What is maize? | 56 |
