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15 Cards in this Set
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Tenochtitlan |
The aztec capital city. |
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Aztlan |
Region of north or northwest Mexico from which the aztecs came. |
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Valley of Mexico |
The region in central Mexico where where the Aztecs settled. |
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Nahuati |
The language spoken by the Aztecs. |
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Mexico city |
Foemer sight of Tenochtitlan. |
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Montezuma l |
The greatest aztec emperor. |
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Capolli |
An Aztec family group; meant "big house" |
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Lake Texcoco |
The island lake. |
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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 capolli. |
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tortilla |
Cornmeal pandcakes. |
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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 with a rubber ball. |
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Huitzilopochtli |
sun god and god of war; chief god of the town of tenochtitlan mother of gods; earth goddess. |
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Quetzalcoatl |
God of learning and the priesthood, also god of arts and craft. |
