What made this great city easily defendable?

1. What was the greatest city of the Aztecs empire? What is the this city’s name? The greatest city is Tenochtitlan. It means “The Place of the Prickly Pear”.

2. What made this great city easily defendable? It was easily defendable by having water on three sides.

3. What was the name of the Aztec ruler? The name of the Aztec ruler was Montezuma.

4. What was the order of Aztec classes? First the Aztec ruler, Montezuma and his family. Next was the priests they pray for the gods. Moving on was he nobles, they were the rich people. After that was the warriors, their serving for the Aztecs give the a well place of number 4 in the classes of the Aztecs. Last and well, least the peasants, they were poor but not slaves.

5. What do the Nobles and the commoners (peasants) wear? The Nobles got very great riches such as, fancy jewelry, capes with bright feathers, and gold rings and bracelets. The commoners got ragged clothes usually made of coarse cactus, Ouch! Hug me.

6. How could a commoner get a higher rank? Well, there`s two ways, one way is when a young boy studies to be a priest for a long time, the other way is to become a warrior. Aztec forces

7. What were the names of the Aztec warriors? There are two different names of the warriors depending on skill, the first is an eagle warriors they came out in the day to scare the enemies, the second is Jaguar warriors, they would go out at night and ambush the enemies.

8. What did the Aztecs to with the hostages? They demanded tribute like treasure if they refuse the tribute will be doubled. Ooo shiny!

9. Describe one game played by the Aztecs? • Tlachtli was a game where gamblers would put values in a pile. Then the gamblers would split into two teams and try to hit a rubber ball into a hoop. The winning team would get all the values.

10. Who was Montezuma? • Montezuma was an Aztec ruler.

11. Who conquered the Aztecs? • HernanCortes was a Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs.

12. What happened to the Aztecs after the Spanish arrived? • The Aztecs were no match for Cortes and his army, and they conquered Tenochitlan, and it fell.

13. What was the largest temple in Tenochtitlan, and why was it rebuilt so many times? The Great Temple was the largest temple in Tenochtitlan. Each new ruler changed the temple to look the way he wanted it to.

14. What were “wars of flowers?” The “wars of flowers” were raids to find victims to sacrifice.

15. What were the two Aztec calendars? The two Aztec calendars were the solar calendar and the sacred calendar.

16. Why did the Aztecs perform human sacrifices? The Aztecs performed human sacrifice to honor the g-ds.

17. For what was each calendar used? The solar calendar was used for plants and crops and the sacred calendar was used for predicting the future

18. What were the jobs of the priests? The jobs of the priests were to run schools , organize ceremony, kept temple fires burning and did sacrifices

19. How does the Mexican flag pay tribute to the Aztecs? It has an eagle on a cactus in the center of the flag which is the symbol of Tenochtitlan.

20. What present-day city is located on the site of Tenochtitlan? Mexico City is the capital of Mexico, and it was built on top of Tenochtitlan.

21. What are the decedents of Aztecs called? They are called Nahua.

22. What are the decedents of Aztecs called? They are called Nahua.