What is the most precious gift mortals could give the gods in the Aztec empire?
The most precious gifts were building massive pyramids and giving the gods a daily human sacrifice.
What did the Aztecs do to make the conquered provinces resent them?
They would take prisoners and sacrifice them for the gods.
What did the Aztecs use to predict the future?
Their priests looked at the sky and made calendars. From the use of those calendars they were able to "predict" the future. They even had some ceremonies in which somebody was sacrificed so the gods would send a message to a priest about a future event. They also believed in many omens, before the fall of the Aztec empire, during Montezuma's rule there were many omens about a catastrophe coming to the Aztec empire.
Who were the tribes that the Aztecs fought with?
The Aztecs fought with many tribes, including the Texlacans, the Huaxtec, the Purempecha, Mayans,and the spanish conquistadors
What was a rich Aztec person's home look like?
ÒThe Rich: Homes of the nobles and rich were made of sun-dried brick. If you were very rich, you home could be made of stone. All homes were white to make them look clean and shiny. Noble houses had a separate room for steam bathing. Water was poured on heated stones. Bathing was an important part of daily life and religion. Bathing was thought to clean both the body and soul.
What is the Aztec legend of aztlan?
a magical city , the first of the aztecs wich covered what is now the southwest united states
How were the Aztecs so easily defeated by the small group of Spanish Invaders?
The Aztecs weren't as advanced as the conquistadors. The Aztecs had cotton shields and used clubs studded with sharp obsidian rock. Meanwhile, the Spanish had horses the Aztecs had never even seen a horse before in their lives. The Spanish also had gunpowder and metal armor and their guns could easily take out an Aztec jaguar warrior. The Aztecs were also destroyed by the new diseases that where brought over by the Spanish conquistadors. The Aztecs had almost no allies because the other tribes joined the Spanish in taking out the Aztecs.
What was the relationship between the Aztecs and the toltecs?
The Toltecs and the Aztecs were never in direct contact as the Aztects were born from the chaos of the fall of the Toltec empire. The Aztecs used the turmoil to their advantage and built their civilization from the ruins of the Toltecs.
Where did word Aztec come from?
From Aztlán (White Land), an allusion to their origins, probably in Northern Mexico.
What happened to make the Aztecs suspicious of the Spaniards?
When the Spanish arrived the Aztecs thought they were gods. When the Spanish seemed more intrested in the gold ornaments that the Aztecs wore then in the pyramids that were build for the gods was when several Aztecs started to disaprove of Montezuma's decision of housing the Spanish.
What was the Aztec civilization famous for?
For their massive pyramids and fierce warriors. Their capital Tenochtitlan was a gorgeous city built in the center of lake Texcoco. The Aztecs are also famous for sacrificing people for the sun god so the sun would continue to rise everyday.
What did the Aztecs believe was cause of illness?
They believed in supernatural causes involving the displeasure of Gods
What factors lead to the conquering of the Aztecs?
The Aztecs had made many enemies because they would send out raiding parties to take prisoners for sacrifices. These rival tribes of the Aztecs would later help the Spanish conquistadors take out the Aztecs.
Why was the Aztecs civilization destroyed?
Spanish invaders that conquered the Aztecs were way more advanced and were believed to be gods by the Aztexs when they first arrived. The Spanish also had the help og the Aztecs rival tribes.
What did the Aztec demand from the tribes that they conquered?
They demanded some kind of tribute from them like gold and prisoners to sacrifice.
Why did the Aztec welcome the Spanish into their city?
they thought that there spanish leader was one of their gods that would help them