Aztecs:
Writing: Pictographs, hiroglyphics.
Ag: Chinampas systems, rectangular lands thingy.
Trade: Used cocoa beans for trade. Used canoes to transport things and people.
Religion: 13 heavens and 9 hells. Thought reason on earth was to make temples and praise gods.
Government: Emperor had vast and powerful army. Had appointed rulers for parts of his empire.
Tecuhtli: one of the highest ranked people in Aztec empire.
Acampichtli: one of the first emperors in Aztec and founder of a dynasty, wasn't a native Aztec.
Power: Hernando Cortez took over Aztec empire because of a gold offering given to him by Montezuma. He increased the amount of Human sacrifice to weaken Aztecs.
Math: same as Mayans. base of 20. used a series of lines and dots.
Science: Discovered astronomy and medicine. Used calender of 365 days in a year.
Obsdian: Volcanic glass formed as a rock used to sharpen weapons
Montezuma: fifth Aztec emperor who was killed during the Spanish conquest. He gave control to Hernando Cortez because he thought he was a god.
Quetzalcoatl: was a Christ like figure who was in the Aztec times the creator of the earth. He said that he would return one day to reclaim his throne.
American Natives:
Tribes:
Iroquois lived in long house, up to 150ft long. Built by rivers then to higher lands. Hunted deer and beavers and bear. Men clear ground women would plant. Made a game that marked winter was arriving. Wore corn mask, thought it would keep demons away. Had many festivals. Made up of 5 different tribes, and called themselves the separated nations. Had a council.
Pueblo built houses on cliffs using clay, in a step formation. hunted big and large game. Planted and ate lots of corn. Had one large meal a day. Believed in kachina prayed to for rain and good crops. Kiva was a meeting center for laws and guidelines.
Lost powers: White men came and took land.
Religion: Believed in Life after death. Initiation rites. Could become medicine men and women. Totem Poles were thought to be religious but weren't they were just boundary markers. The animal that they killed would be spirit animal.
Odoodem: Totem pole. Marked land.
Pueblo: Series of small house made out of Adobe.
Potlatch: Festival were there would be feast and singing and dancing and gift-giving. Share the wealth.
Ag: Lived of land depending on their location. women would do all the planting. Practiced Crop rotation, women would use hos, and used a hip bone from animals. Grew corn beans and squash. Hunting and gathering. All tribes would fish, spear fishing, fishing poles. They would disguise themselves as animal in order to kill the animal. Used all of the animals.
Didn't have much to write on.
Math: Used different symbols, Invented new ways to hunt and fish.
Trade: They traded amongst other tribes. White man changed that. Native Americans would trade fur and animals for weapons and horses.
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