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15 Cards in this Set
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Tenochtitlan
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The Aztec capital city |
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Aztlan
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The region of north or northwest Mexico from which the Aztecs came. |
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Valley of Mexico
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The region in Central Mexico where the Aztecs settled. |
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Lake Texcoco
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The island where the Aztecs capital was built. |
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Nahuatl
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The language spoken by the Aztecs. |
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Montezuma I (The First)
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The greatest Aztec emperor |
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calpolli |
An Aztec family group; also meant "Big House" |
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New Mexico |
Where the Aztecs built their empire and everything surrounding. |
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adobe |
Was a brick made out of sun-dried earth and straw. |
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Telpuchcalli
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An Aztec school sponsored by a family calpolli. |
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tlachti
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A fast moving game played with a rubber ball. |
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Huitzilopochtli
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The Sun god and God of War; chief God of the town Tenochtitlan. |
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Quetzalcoatl
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God of learning and the priesthood, also God of arts and crafts. |
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chicle |
Comes from the gum tree and is used in chewing gum. |
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tortilla
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Cornmeal Pancakes which was later called by the Spanish. |
