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FOOD AND FARMING
Food and Farming
The Aztecs
By Scout and Maito
BAD LAND
No trees
No fields
Small bodies of
water for
chinampas
CHINAMPAS
Small waters to work in
Chinampas made out of mud
Picture used from Britannica
CORN
It was important to have corn
Corn made tortillas
Corn fed the chickens
By: Becca, Peter and Sammy H.
• pictures, glyphs
• glyphs done same way
• counted x20, showed number in between by repeating symbol
up to 19 times
Girls
• learned from Mom
• didn’t go to school
• helped Mothers spin, weave,
cook and clean
Boys
• went to school at telpocticalli
• learned to farm and fight
• trained to be warriors
moment born
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Pictures used with permission from
Britannica
paper called amatl
book called codex
pages joint together in a long zigzag
wrote about history, prayers, calendars, taxes and farming
Noble girls
• Went to school if parents
wanted them to
• Learned how to be
priestesses and healers
Noble boys
• went to temple school
• learned to be judges,
generals and priests
• school called calmecac
Solar
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Determine seasons of year
Was called haab
Divided year into 18 months
each month divided into 21
days
• year has 5 extra days then
ours, those days considered
unlucky
• Babies born on those days
supposed to come to bad end
• used objects to remember
dates
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Sacred
called tonalpohualli
divided year into 260 days
each day in year had
different meaning
priests and astrologers used
it to tell future
decide unlucky and lucky
days
By: Geoffrey, Juliana, and Zach L.
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Became Emperor in 1502
Attacked nearby city states
Fooled by Spaniards
Stoned by other Aztecs
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King/ Montezuma II is the ruler
Nobles /give the King advice
Priests/ decide when to begin a battle
Council /give advice and wear blood robes
Tlatocan /scribes and tax collectors
Capulli /all Aztecs are part of the capulli
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He was in charge of Law, order, and taxes.
He was second in command
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Images by Britannica
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Paid tributes were made possible by the
Capulli who made them pay there taxes.
HISTORY OF AZTECS!!!
By: Josie, Yipu, and Brendan
How Aztecs decided where to
Settle
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They found sign their god told them
to find
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The sign they found was an eagle
on a cactus eating a snake
Settlement of the Aztecs
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On an island in a lake called Texacoco
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In Mexico
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Named their city Tenochtitlan
WHAT THEIR ISLAND LOOKED LIKE
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Had lots of canals
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Had three causeways
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Square city in the middle
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Has many people in city
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Has many temples
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Many swamp gardens
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Many one story houses
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Not many roads
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Everything is around temples
Aztec rulers
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The Aztecs had 9 rulers.
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The rulers lasted from 1372-1520
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The last ruler was killed by
Spaniards
Used with permission from Britannica image quest
The end of the Aztecs
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The city was destroyed April 1521
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Most Aztecs were killed from
diseases
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The rest killed by torture from
Spaniards
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About 3,000 Aztecs still exist
Used with permission from Britannica image quest
HOUSING AND
CLOTHING
By: Sammy A., Jacqueline and Joel
PEASANT HOUSES
Reeds on roof and mud
peasant
 Lived on the edge of the city
 One room
 Outdoor bathrooms
EMPEROR HOUSES
 Almost a small town its so big
 He’s on the top
 On the first floor are offices, storage rooms
picture used with permission from Britannica
 Mud
FURNITURE
 Not much furniture
 Cooking pots, jars made of mud
 Large cushions filled straw
EMPEROR CLOTHES
 Headdress only he wore
 Precious stones and quetzal
NOBLE CLOTHES
 Cotton cloaks
 Rich clothing
 Women: wrap around skirts blouses
 Only could were sandals
PEASANT CLOTHES
 Rough cloth
 Not allowed to were anything below knees
 Maguey fibers
JEWELRY
 Gold jewelry
 For noses and ears
picture used with permission from Britannica
Fun and Games
By: Brendan B, Ally and Joni
Feast and Special Food
• Houses scented with perfumes of
herbs and flowers
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Servants serve food
They smoke tobacco
eat with fingers
Cups and spoons made from gold
How they dress themselves for party
• Lip and ear jewelry
• Masks, sandals, skirts and cloaks
• Shell necklace
picture used with permission from Encyclopedia Britannica
Sports and Games
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Tlachtli
Volador
Toloque
Patolli
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picture used with permission from Encyclopedia Britannica
AZTEC
RELIGION
By: Zach.S
Vangie
Eva
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
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Worshiped gods
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Believed gods controlled everything
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Sacrificed blood so sun would rise
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Every 52 years a new age began
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Earth was destroyed 4 times
CEREMONIES AND TEMPLES
• Made with huge mounds
dirt then bricks or stone
• Sacrificed people for
the sun
• Had hundreds of stairs
• A priest cut open the
stomach to get victims
heart
• Two hundred feet high
• Two different temples on
top
• Center of city
• Priests through
victims down the
stairs
AZTEC GODS
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Quetzakoatl(ket-sal-koatel) was god of
wind plus schools and learning
Chalchihuitlicue(chal-chi-nooit-licoo)
goddess of water married to Tlaloc god
of rain
Huitzilopochtli(wit-thil-o-poch-tlee) god
of war and sun
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Tlaloc was the ancient god of rain
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Tezcatlipoca(teth-kat-li-poka) god of
fait and smoke mirror
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Xipe god of springtime
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Mictlantecuhtl god of death
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Tonati god of the sun and regrowth
AZTEC SOCIETY AND FAMILY
LIFE
By: Natalie, Thiago and Joshua
SOCIETY
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Emperor chief priest
10-20 nobles
Different types of Aztecs
Emperor, nobles, Priests,
warriors, merchants, peasant
farmers, landless peasants
and slaves
From Encyclopedia Britannica
SOCIETY
Boys trained to be
warriors, if rose to
high rank, won right
to dine at palace, wear
fine clothes and drink
alcohol
 merchants go from
town to town selling
goods
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From Encyclopaedia Britannica
SOCIETY
Peasant farmers grew
crops for food and
tribute
 Landless peasants
rented land from
nobles
 Slaves could save
money, buy houses or
land and could marry
free Aztecs
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FAMILY LIFE
When a man and a
women got married
they tied there cloaks
together represent
bond of marriage
 All members of a
calpulli
 (calpulli is like a big
family)
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From Encyclopaedia Britannica
THE END!
BY: KATELYN & LILY & MATTHEW
Picture used with permission from Britannica
Aztec Markets
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Spread goods on
mats
Whole family part of
selling
Certain sections for
certain goods
Many markets in
center of Tenochtitlan
Many people at
Tenochtitlan markets
Aztecs meet friends at
markets
Picture used with permission from Britannica
Aztec goods
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25 cloaks for slave
Dogs and deer were sold
for meat
Gold, silver, copper and
precious stones
Gold necklaces, ruby
earrings and obsidian
razors
Corn, pottery, feathers
Picture used with permission from
Britannica
Aztec merchants
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Merchants are Aztecs
that travel from town to
town
Merchants called
pochteca
Some Aztec merchants
were spies
Hid trading goods
Merchants get goods to
bring to their town
Carry between 40-70
goods to trade or have
bought
Merchants were
depended on
Picture used with permission from Britannica
Aztec money
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Aztecs have no money
we have today
Aztec traded pebbles
cocoa beans for what
they want
The Aztecs weighed the
goods
Used barter to buy and
sell
Swapped for same value
Aztec goods
transportation
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Aztecs carried goods by
hand and head but the
slaves carried goods on
backs
Traveled in groups
Caravans
Merchants carried
weapons incase of any
attackers
Traveled on lucky days
AZTEC TRAINING
 YOUNG BOYS TAUGHT TO TAKE
PRISONERS
 AT AGE 10 BOY’S TOOK THEIR FIRST
PRISONER
 WHEN NEW HAVE LOCK OF HAIR AT THEIR
NECK
AZTEC ARMOR
 PADDED STIFFENED COTTON SOAKED IN
SALT WATER
 SOME WORE EAGLE HEADS AND JAGUAR
SKINS
 CAPTAINS WEAR RED FEATHERS
BRITANNICA
AZTEC WEAPONS
 SOLDIERS LOVE TO THROW THINGS SUCH AS
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THE
SPEARS
JAVELINS
SLINGS
SHIELDS COVERED WITH FEATHERS
ATLATL.
WOODEN SWORDS EDGED WITH SHARP
OBSIDIAN
Tactics
 Insulted them
 Did not pay tribute
 Defend city
 Conquer land
 Did not plan surprise
 Sent nobles and gave enemy’s twenty days to
join the Aztecs
 Did not try to kill enemies
AZTEC RANKS
 Eagle knight (best soldiers) wear feathers and
heads
 Jaguar knights wear jaguar skins
 Ordinary soldiers (there are thousands of
them)
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