TCI Ch. 24.5 Food (Daily Life in Tenochtitlan - Aztecs)

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  1. 3. Some people ate a thin ____________, usually made of maize, just before going to bed.
  2. 6. The mainstay of the Aztec diet, however, was maize, which the Aztecs found useful because it could be dried and then ________ for a long time.
  3. 9. Wealthy Aztecs enjoyed drinking ________ with their morning meals
  4. 11. Aztec farmers also grew such crops as red peppers,_________, sage, squash, green beans, sweet potatoes, and avocados.
  5. 13. Aztec commoners had occasional variety in their meals. To provide meat for special occasions, families might raise a few turkeys or hunt wild game, such as rabbits and ________.
  6. 15. They also made tamales by wrapping maize in its husks and __________ it.
  7. 18. The Aztecs of Tenochtitlán ate both homegrown foods and foods _________ from distant places.
  8. 19. The maize porridge that Aztec commoners often ate for breakfast was called ________.
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  1. 1. Women boiled and skinned maize kernels and ground them into ______ and then they baked fresh tortillas for each meal on clay griddles.
  2. 2. Most Aztec families had ________ meals each day.
  3. 4. In periods when crops were bad, the Aztecs turned to other sources of food. They caught frogs and shrimp, collected _____________, and even skimmed algae, a type of plant, off the surface of the lake and formed it into small cakes.
  4. 5. _________ or tomato sauce sometimes spiced up the dishes Aztecs ate for their midday meal.
  5. 7. The porridge was often seasoned with peppers or sweetened with __________.
  6. 8. At midday, commoners ate their _______ meal of tortillas, maize cakes, boiled beans, or tamales.
  7. 10. Wealthy Aztecs ate pineapples, oysters, and ___________ at their banquets.
  8. 12. Wealthy Aztecs prized delicacies, such as __________.
  9. 14. The wealthy ate quite a different diet, both on a daily basis and at the __________ they attended.
  10. 16. Wealthy Aztecs ate a lizard-like creature called an __________.
  11. 17. The daily routine of Aztec commoners shows the importance of maize. After working for several hours, commoners ate a simple meal in the late ________ that usually consisted of a maize porridge.