TCI Ch. 23.4 - The Aztec Empire

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  1. 3. Cities might pay in food, cacao, gems, cotton, cloth, animals, animal skins, shells, building materials, or even ___________.
  2. 5. Collecting _________ was the empire's most vital business because they relied on _____________ to support Tenochtitlán's huge population.
  3. 7. Tenochtitlán began simply as the Aztecs' home city, but after the Aztecs and their allies defeated the Tepanecs in 1428 C.E., it became the capital of a growing________.
  4. 9. Successful ________ allowed the Aztecs to increase their sources of tribute and gain additional territory, laborers, and sacrificial victims.
  5. 10. Unlike other empire builders, the Aztecs neither established colonies, nor _________ conformity on their subjects.
  6. 13. _______________ stationed around the empire made sure that cities paid regularly.
  7. 16. The Aztec Empire was a loose union of ________ of city-states that had to pay tribute to the Aztecs.
  8. 19. Tribute took the form of whatever ___________ a city could provide.
  9. 20. Under _________ I, in the mid-1400s, the Aztecs extended the area under their control.
  10. 22. In battle, the Aztecs used bows and arrows, spears, clubs, and swords with sharp _______ blades.
  11. 23. By the early 1500s, the Aztec Empire stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the ________ Ocean.
  12. 24. Every male Aztec was trained to be a ________.
  13. 25. Each year, huge amounts of goods flowed into Tenochtitlán. An average year brought 7,000 ______ of maize; 4,000 _____ each of beans, seed, and grain; and at least 2 million cotton cloaks. Warriors, priests, officials, servants, and other workers and craftspeople all received payment in tribute goods.
  14. 26. In most other ways, conquered cities remained _________. They kept their religion, customs, and language. They usually even kept their leaders.
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  1. 1. Warrior knights carried shields decorated with figures of animals, such as the jaguar and eagle, to represent different __________ that the Aztecs believed they received from these animals.
  2. 2. At its height, the empire ruled more than five ________ people.
  3. 4. The Aztecs made only a few demands on the defeated city. The people had to pay tribute, honor the god Huitzilopochtli, and promise ___________ to the Aztec ruler.
  4. 6. Most wars ended after _________, usually with an Aztec victory. Afterward, the Aztecs brought the soldiers they had captured to Tenochtitlán. Some became slaves, but most ended up as sacrifices.
  5. 8. While these conditions made it easy for the Aztecs to rule, most of the _________ never thought of themselves as true Aztecs.
  6. 11. The people the Aztecs conquered wanted their freedom and ________ paying tribute. These feelings led to a lack of unity in the Aztec Empire.
  7. 12. The Aztec empire covered much of Central Mexico, and reached as far south as Mexico's current border with_____________.
  8. 14. This word means: uniform behavior according to a set of social or cultural rules or beliefs
  9. 15. Eventually, the Spanish would _____________ of that weakness by making allies of the Aztecs' enemies when they invaded Mexico in 1519.
  10. 17. An Aztec declaration of war followed a ritual pattern. First, the Aztecs asked a city to join the empire as an ally. The city had _______ days to agree. If the city's ruler refused, the Aztecs declared war.
  11. 18. _______ was the center of Aztec life.
  12. 21. How many pounds is a ton? (You might need to look this up)