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LOS ANGELES MISSION COLLEGE
CHICANO STUDIES 7 – STUDY QUESTIONS
AZTEC CIVILIZATION ( PART I)
1. Why do some scholars argue that the term Aztec is an imprecise
term to describe the culture of this civilization?
2. At the time of the European Conquest what did the Aztec people
call themselves?
3. when do scholars think that the Aztec people first entered the
Valley of Mexico?
4. Why were the Aztecas identified with the Chichimeca people?
5. How did the Aztec City of Tenochtitlan derive its name?
6. Who was Huitzilopochtli and what influence did he have on the
settlement of the Aztec people in the Valley of Mexico?
8. Who was Itzalcoatl and why is he an important personage in Aztec history?
9. Why is the legend of the Eagle devouring the serpent of importance in Aztec lore?
10. What are some of the estimates of the population of Tenochtitlan at the time of the Conquest?
11. What are the chinampas and why are they important in the life and economy of the Tenochas?
13.
is that scholars
believe
that human
sacrifice
was practiced
at a scale that
was far greater
thanh)other
12.Why
Identify:a)
Capulli; b)
macehualles;
c) pilli;
d) calmecac;
e) tlacatecuhtli;
f) Tezcatlipoca;
g) Xipe;
Tlaloc; I
Mesoamerican
civilizations and why was it so important in Aztec theology?
)Chalchihuitlicue;
14. What http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Mendoza
was the status of women in Aztec society?
http://archaeology.about.com/lr/archaeology_of_mexico/11682/1/
15. What was the nature of slavery amongst the Aztecas?
History of Mexico Timeline Rise and Fall of the Aztecs.mht
Western Hemisphere
Physical
16. How Large
many calendars
did the Aztecs
utilize,Map.mht
and how many days a year did they incorporate?
Meso american timeline.pdf
http://www.mna.inah.gob.mx/
17. What is meant by the fifty two year cycles?
http://www.museum.cornell.edu/.../apco/img/we-jag_l.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Mendoza
18. What was
system of writing did the Aztecs have, how was it utilized and how have we benefited from it?
http://archaeology.about.com/lr/archaeology_of_mexico/11682/1/
STUDY LINKS
http://archaeology.about.com/od/aterms/g/aztec.htm
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Aztec_Civilization
http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Mendoza
LOS ANGELES MISSION COLLEGE
CHICANO STUDIES 7 – STUDY QUESTIONS
AZTEC CIVILIZATION ( PART I)
Aztec Culture & Civilization
Part II Covers Moctezuma and the Spanish Conquest