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| farming | the basis of the Aztec economy |
| stone builders, astronomers, and mathematicians | jobs of Aztec people |
| hieroglyphics | writing of the Aztec people |
| they built a great empire | accomplishment of the Aztec people |
| Mexica people | another name for the Aztec people |
| Tenochtitlan | name of the big city built by the Mexica people |
| chinampas | floating gardens built by the Mexica people |
| causeways | natural bridges connected to the floating gardens |
| 300,000 people | population of Tenochtitlan |
| Mexica city-states made alliances with each other, together becoming more strong and powerful | how the Aztecs came together |
| in battle | how young Aztec men learned how to fight |
| for power and wealth | why fighting was encouraged by the Aztec people |
| cacao beans, maize, beans, and squash | four things that the Aztecs grew |
| worshipped gods | what the Aztec people did to help agriculture |
| tortillas | a food made by the Aztec people |
| avocado, tomato, and chocolate | three words of the Aztec people that we still use today |
| polytheistic | religious belief of the Aztec people |
| Quetzalcoatl | figure worshipped by the Aztec people |
| a feathered serpent | the animal that the Aztec god was |
| god of creation | the type of god that Quetzalcoatl was |
| human sacrifice | a religious practice of the Aztec people |
| human heart | the most precious gift to offer a god |
| adults, prisoners, slaves, and children | those who could be sacrificed by the Aztec people |
| 250,000 people a year | the amount of people who were sacrificed by the Aztec people |
| 1502 | the year Moctezuma II became emperor |
| 1519 | when Hernando Cortes marched to Tenochtitlan |
| Spanish conquistador | what Hernando Cortes was |
| gold | what Hernando Cortes was searching for |
| the Spanish military | who arrived at Tenochtitlan with Hernando Cortez |
| Quetzalcoatl | who Emperor Moctezuma II believed Hernando Cortez was |
| killed many Aztec people, including the emperor | what Hernando Cortez did in Tenochtitlan |
| diseases | what killed Aztecs in addition to battle |
| Hernando Cortez | who conquered the Aztec people |
