KEY TERMS PADLET WALL MAYA AND AZTEC by Christine Vargas https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee Made with a dash of wit en-us 2016-11-18 16:34:02 UTC 2026-01-04 04:43:32 UTC hello@padlet.com glyph christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138754990 a hieroglyphic character or symbol; a pictograph]]> 2016-11-18 16:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138754990 codex christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755387 ancient manuscript text in book form]]> 2016-11-18 16:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755387 popul vuh christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755423 the story of creation according to the Quiche Maya]]> 2016-11-18 16:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755423 obsidian christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755450  volcanic rock formed by the rapid solidification of lava without crystallization.]]> 2016-11-18 16:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755450 quetzalcoatl christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755465  chief Toltec and Aztec god identified with the wind and air]]> 2016-11-18 16:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755465 monteuma ll christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755575 the ninth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan, ]]> 2016-11-18 16:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755575 tenochititlan christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755646 the capital city of the Aztec Empire ]]> 2016-11-18 16:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755646 triple alliance (aztecs) christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755780 an alliance of three Nahua "altepetl" city-states: Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Mexico-Texcoco, and Mexico-Tlacopan.]]> 2016-11-18 16:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755780 tikal christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755800 ruin of an ancient city]]> 2016-11-18 16:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755800 toltec christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755837 a member of an American Indian people that flourished in Mexico before the Aztecs. ]]> 2016-11-18 16:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755837 mayan math christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755889 (base-twenty) positional numeral system,  numerals are made up of three symbols; zero (shell shape, with the plastron uppermost), one (a dot) and five (a bar)]]> 2016-11-18 16:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755889 chinampas christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755924 a type of Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico.]]> 2016-11-18 16:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138755924 What regions did the maya live in ? christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138760697 southern Mexico and northern Central America including Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Yucatán Peninsula and El Salvador.]]> 2016-11-18 16:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138760697 What did each Mayan city have in it? christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138761130 2016-11-18 16:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138761130 Who was at the top of the Mayan social structure? christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138761548 nobles]]> 2016-11-18 16:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138761548 What was the Mayan ball game? How did they play it? christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138761841 pitz was part of Maya political, religious, and social life, players would attempt to bounce the ball without using their hands through stone hoops attached to the sides of the ball court.]]> 2016-11-18 16:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138761841 Where did the Aztecs live? christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138762259 Valley of Mexico]]> 2016-11-18 16:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138762259 What is the religion of the Aztecs like? christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138762554  human sacrifices were made to their gods to keep them pleased]]> 2016-11-18 16:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138762554 What was the most important god for the Aztecs? What did he need? christinev29987 https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138763161 Huitzilopochtli needed, human sacrifice]]> 2016-11-18 16:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/christinev29987/7737q29ny6ee/wish/138763161