Aztec Civilization

Where did the Sun god (Tonatiuh) tell the Aztec people to settle?

• Where they found a lot of water to survive.

• Where they found an eagle on a cactus eating a snake.

Where did the Aztecs finally settle?

• By Lake Texcoco in Tenochtitlan. Then they called themselves Mexicas.

• In Aztlan, which means Aztec.

What is a codex?

• An alphabet.

• A group of glyphs drew by Aztecs, they show how this civilization was.

Tenochtitlan was bigger, safe and easy to defend because it had:

• water on all sides, just 3 connecting cause ways, chinampas, and aqueducts.

• big walls around that protected them.

The Great Temple is:

• the largest temple where Chac Mool was, it is in the center of Tenochtitlan.

• Moctezuma's Palace

The Great temple is dedicated to:

• Quetzalcoatl (the Feathered Serpent), god of art, education and farming.

• the war god Huitzilopochtli and the rain god Tlaloc.

How many times was the Great Temple rebuilt?

• 7 because there were 7 rulers.

• 7 because it was not well built.

Who is Quetzalcoatl?

• the Feathered Serpent, was the god of the bird Quetzal.

• the Feathered Serpent, was the god of music, education, farming, and art. The Aztecs believed that he would someday come back to Earth. His return would mean the end of the Aztec peoples.

How did Aztecs keep their gods satisfied?

• By offering human sacrifices so the gods would feed themselves with the victims’ hearts and blood.

• By offering them gold, cacao, jewels and arts.

Aztecs had 2 calendars.

• The Solar Calendar worked with 2 wheels and had 13 months and 20 days, The Sacred Calendar had 365 days and it was used to figure out when to plant and harvest crops.

• The Sacred Calendar worked with 2 wheels and had 13 months and 20 days, The Solar Calendar had 365 days and it was used to figure out when to plant and harvest crops.