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15 Cards in this Set
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Tenochtitlan |
The Aztec capital |
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Aztlan |
The North or Northwest part of Mexico |
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Valley of Mexico |
Where the Aztecs settled |
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Nahuati |
Language spoken by the Aztecs |
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Lake Texcoco |
The lake that became the site of Tenochtitlan |
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Mexico City |
The former Tenochtitlan site |
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Montezuma I |
The greatest Emperor |
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Calpolli |
The family the Aztecs belonged to |
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Adobe |
A brick made of sun-dried earth and straw |
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Telpuchcalli |
An Aztec school sponsored by a family calpolli |
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Tortilla |
Cornmeal pancake later known as the tortilla |
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Chicle |
Comes from the gum tree and is used in chewing gum |
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Tlachti |
A fast moving game played with a rubber ball |
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Huitzilopochtli
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Sun God and God of War |
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Quetzalcoatl
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God of learning and the priesthood |
