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15 Cards in this Set
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Tenochtitlan |
The Aztec capital city |
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Aztlan |
The region of north or northwest Mexico from which the Aztecs came |
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Valley of Mexico |
The region in central Mexico where the Aztecs settled |
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Nahuatl |
The language spoken by the Aztecs |
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Lake Texcoco |
The lake that island Tenochtitlan was built on |
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Mexico City
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The present day capital of Mexico and where Tenochtitlan was |
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Montezuma I
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The greatest Aztec emperor |
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calpolli
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An Aztec family group; meant " big house" |
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Adobe |
A sun-dried earth and straw brick. |
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Telpunchcalli |
An Aztec school sponsored by a family calpolli |
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Tortillas |
A pancake back when called the cornmeal pancake |
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Chicle |
Comes from a gum tree and is used in chewing gum |
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Tlachti
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A fast moving game with a rubber ball |
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Huitzilopochtli
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The sun god and god of war : chief of Tenochtitlan |
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Quetzalcoatl
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God of learning and the priesthood, also god of arts and crafts |
