| A | B |
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| barter | to trade by exchanging goods without the use of money |
| Aztlan | the Aztec homeland before the moved to Tenochtitlan |
| codex | official records/books written in pictures |
| causeway | a raised path or road above surrounding land or water |
| Tlaloc | God of Rain and Fertility |
| Quetzalcoatl | "Feathered Serpent" - God of the Wind, Earth, and Sky |
| pochtecah | long distance Aztec traders |
| zenith | the highest point |
| Hernan Cortez | leader of hte Spanish army that conquered the Aztecs |
| conquistadors | Spanish conquerors of Central and South American Indians in the 16th century AD |
| heathen | a person regarded as irreligious or uncivilized |
| seige | a persistent attempt to gain control |
| Nahuatl | the family of related languages to which the Aztec language belongs |
| Mexica | another word for Aztec - the name "Mexico" comes from this word |
| inevitable | something which must happen |
| Sun Stone | large stone disk with a carved decoration representing Aztec beliefs about the sun and passage of time |
| Lake Texcoco | lake in which Tenochtitlan was founded |
| Aztec | lived in central Mexico (1345 - 1521) |
| prophecy | a statement or prediction about future or unknown events |
| Tenochtitlan | capital city of the Aztec Empire |
| "Flowery Wars" | arranged wars to allow city-states to obtain captives for sacrifice to the gods |
| Montezuma II | Aztec ruler when the Spanish arrived |
| Xipe Totec | God of Spring |
| chinampas | artificial islands in Lake Texcoco built by the Aztecs for farming |
| Huitzilopochtli | Aztec God of the Sun and War - The tribal god of the Aztec that guided them to Lake Texcoco |
| serf | servant |
| tribute | money or goods that had to be paid at certian times - like taxes |
| mercenary | a paid soldier |
| ally | someone who is cooperating with another |
| litter | a chair or platform on which other people carry someone |
