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AZTEC 4

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What are chinampas?Gardens made by piling up mud from the bottom of the lake in the city of Tenochititlan
What did Cortez do when he arrived in Tenochititlan?He burned it down , built Mexico City on the ruins, and killed off all its people
When low on food, Aztecs ate ________their dead enemies
What were obsidian knifes used for?carving out the sacraficing hearts
In 1519, the population of the Basin of Mexico was ________1 million inhabitants
Where would the Aztecs bury a dead member of their family?Inside their house
What is the 260-day calendar called?the tonalphualli
The Aztecs settled near _________Lake Texcoco
Each month on the calendar had _______ days20
Cortes and his 500 Spaniards defeated the Aztecs on ____________August 13, 1521
True or False: Women can be priestsTRUE
True or False: Men could take as many wives as they could affordTRUE
True or False: The most important Aztec god was the rain godFALSE
True or False: Aztecs used chinampas to help perform human sacraficeFALSE
True or False: Herbal remedies were used to cure and prevent illnessTRUE
True or False: The Great Pyramid was used for human sacraficeTRUE
True or False: The Aztecs used 4 different calendarsFALSE
True or False: The extra five days at the end of the year were considered to be luckyFASLE (bad-luck days)
True or False: Aztec merchants were called tonalpohualliFASLE
True or False: The Aztecs were conquered by Spain in 1521TRUE

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