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24 Cards in this Set
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Alliance |
An agreement to work with others |
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Causeway |
A raised bridge made of land |
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Chinampa |
A human made island |
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Mercenary |
A hired soldier |
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Calmecac |
A special school for priests |
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Calpolli |
A large family group |
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Codex |
Mayan book |
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Glyph |
A form of writing based on pictures |
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Great Speaker |
Mayan ruler |
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Hernando Cortez |
Spanish conquistador |
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Huitzilpochtli |
Aztec god of sun and war |
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Maize |
Corn |
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Montezuma I |
The greatest ruler |
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Moctezuma II |
Ruled when Empire was at its peak |
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Nahuatl |
The language spoken by the Aztec |
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Sacrifice |
Giving something important to the gods |
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Quetzalcoatl |
The serpent-like god of creation |
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Telpuchalli |
An Aztec school for everyone |
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Tenochtitlan |
Greatest city-now Mexico City |
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Tlachtli |
Aztec ball game, like pok-a-tok |
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Tlaloc |
God of rain |
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Triple Alliance |
An alliance between three Aztec cities |
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Peninsula |
An arm of land surrounded on 3 sides by water |
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Slave |
A person owned by another person |
