Aztecs

the Aztec capital city

the region of north or northwest Mexico from which the Aztecs came

the region in central Mexico where the Aztecs settled

the language spoken by the Aztecs

an independent government unit centered on a city

the greatest Aztec emperor

an Aztec family group; meant "big house"

Was once at the site of Tenochtitlan and the modern-day Mexico city

the social class was made up of captives in war, criminals, or citizens who couldn't pay their debts

a brick made of sun-dried earth and straw

covered with plant material, such as straw

an Aztec school sponsored by a family calpolli

a school for training Aztec priests

plant with tough fibers used in clothing for poorer Aztecs

comes from the gum tree and is used in chewing gum

what the Aztecs had little of in their diets

cornmeal pancakes that later were called this by the Spanish

what Aztecs sat or slept on in their houses

who would usually not be living in an Aztec house

a group of extended families

a group made up of 20 clans

a group with members from each tribe who chose a chief, enforced the laws, and punished wrongdoers

All able-bodied men were expected to fight in any ________.

Aztec women did not have the right to ______.

The calpolli owned most of the _____.

leader of the 1519 and later expeditions to Mexico

Spanish soldiers who conquered the natives of the new world

ruler of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish invasion

religious people who go into a foreign country to convert the natives to their religion; usually Christian

deadly disease brought by the Spanish for which the Aztecs had no resistance

sent expeditions into Mexico

Montezuma II thought the white men with metal armor represented what?

Who helped the Spanish defeat the Aztecs?

Who was the last native group to be defeated by the Spanish?