1. Aztecs By Jessica Thompson

2. When/Were Mexico Tenochtitlan (one of the largest cities in the world) 1200 AD

3. Social Ladder Great Speaker (aka emperor) Nobles Royal Family WarriorsPriests Commoners Slaves

4. Tributes 4x a year Clothing Accessories (feathers, jaguar skins) Food (maize, beans, cocoa) Jewels

5. Royal Family  Food brought in from other villages (sweet potatoes, oysters, pineapple, hairless dogs)  Great Speaker’s family

6. Nobles Warrior that captured 4 people by himself Eat better food than other warriors

7. Warriors Every guy fights no matter which school you went to Fight in the flower war Capture as many people as you can Try not to kill prisoners Prisoners used as slaves

8. Priests Have to have gone to Calmecac (priest school) Help with sacrifices Read the ancient calendars

9. Slaves Prisoners taken in from Flower War People that didn’t pay tribute Used as sacrifices

10. Punishments Brought before judge (while waiting you are put in a wooden cage) House knocked down (if only robbery) Executed Strangled Clubbed to death Slaves to be sacrificed

11. Education Priests – Read – write – How to use calendars Warrior – How to be the handyman – Handle weapons and fight

12. Weapons Bow and arrow Strong wooden swords with razor sharp blades on the end Spear thrower for javelins, poison tipped darts shields

13. Food Sea animals(fish, frog, turtles, fish eggs) Land animals(lizard, hairless dogs, cactus worms, turkey, armadillo, tapir) Tortillas(main food) Vegetables(maize, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers)

14. Rituals Sacrifice people by ripping out their hearts On The Great Temple(biggest temple in city) Priests cut out hearts Your heart is a gift to the gods so that they don’t end the world

15. Games Kind of like basketball except the basket is sideways Basket is 5 feet above your head Loser has to sacrifice a player