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Aztec Art
1.)Did the Aztecs find art important? How do you know?
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2.)What types of art did the Aztecs create?
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3.)What did they use to create the artwork?
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4.)What type of people collected the art?
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5.)What was so special about Montezuma II’s headdress?
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6.)How has this information helped you better understand the culture of the Aztecs?
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Aztec Farming
1.)Where was Tenochtitlan built?
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2.)Explain how a Chinampa was built?
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3.)What types of crops did they grow?
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4.)What types of farming tools did the Aztecs use?
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5.)What did fishermen catch, how?
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6.)How has this helped you understand Aztec culture?
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Aztec Music
1.)What were Aztec music and dancing closely linked to?
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2.)What were the most common instruments?
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3.)Were children taught music and dancing? If so, at what ages?
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4.)What were the different sounds the instruments made?
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5.)Describe what an Aztec play was?
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6.)Was music important to the Aztecs? How do you know?
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Aztec Merchants
1.)What were Aztec Merchants called?
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2.)What types of things did they sell?
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3.)Why was merchant life hard?
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4.)How did the merchants live differently than others? (religion, where they lived)
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5.)How did the rich merchants show off their wealth?
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7.)For many being a merchant wasn’t their only job, what else did they do? Why were they qualified?
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Aztec Military
1.)Did the Aztecs fear war, or enjoy it? Explain.
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2.) What did Aztec soldiers do when there was no war?
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3.) Why didn’t the Aztecs kill all of their enemies on the battlefield- only injure them?
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4.) What has this taught you about Aztec culture?
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Aztec Schools
1.)What types of schools did the royal boys go to, what did they learn?
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2.)What schools did the “worker’s” children go to? What did they learn there?
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3.)What was the difference between a calmecac and a cuicacalli school?
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4.)How were girls mostly educated?
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5.)What was one form of punishment the father’s would give to a misbehaving child?
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Aztec Writing
1.)What was the Aztec language called?
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2.)What did their language look like when it was written down, give an example?
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3.)Why did the Aztecs write?
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4.)What is a Codice? Explain what it looked like.
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5.)How has learning about the Aztec writing system and language helped you understand their culture?
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