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Templo Mayor
- Huge temple that served as the Sacrifice Center for Aztecs
Tropical Lowlands
- Heavy Rainfall and Tropical Forests
Highlands
- Average Tempuratures - Most civilizations lived here
Central Mexico Plateau
- AKA Cold Lands - Limited Farming
Extratropical Drylands
- Northern Mexico - Has Definite Seasons
Pacific Coastal Lowlands
- Moderate rain with a Long dry season - Contains Monte Alto, Bajo and Tierra Caliente.
Tierra Caliente
- Distinct Tropical climate - Along the coast
Monte Alto
- Along the Coast - High Forest that gets a lot of Rain
Monte Bajo
- Along the Coast - Lots of Foliage and Deep Soil
Teotihuacan
- Home of the Sun and Moon Pyramids - Burned and Abandoned
Aztlan Migrations
- Original tribes that migrated down to the Valley of Mexico - 1st set are Ansestors of Nahuatl Ethnic Groups - 2nd set went to the Valley of Mexico - The Mexica arrived last and had to go to Grasshopper Hill
Chicomoztoc
- The place of 7 Caves
Chapultapec
- Where the Mexica first Migrated to from the Aztlan Migrations - Means "Grasshopper Hill"
2 Schools of the Aztecs
- Went around 15 years old - Telpochcalli - Commoners - Calmecac - Nobles
Capolli
- Group of familes that live close to eachother
Chinampas
- Strips of land Built above surrounding ditches of water
Triple Alliance
- Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan - United to defeat the Azcapotzalco and Tapenecs
Enthography
- Interpreting the Past based on the Modern Relatives
Story of Quetzalcoatl
- The Wind God - Tezcatlipoca (Missing Foot) disguised as an Old Man Gave him Pulque - He got smashed and Banged his Sister - He then Killed himself and rose as the Morning Star
Classic Period
- 200 to 800-900 AD
Epiclassic Period
- 800 to ~1100 AD
Story of the Mexica
- Migrated from North To Chapultapec - Mexica and Culhacan began intermarrying and Ato and Opoch made Acamapichtli - Mexica killed Ato and Culhacan chased them to Tenochtitlan
Story of Acamapichtili
- Married his aunt Illancueitli - Became first Tlatoani King - He nailed a Slave and had a kid which She raised (Itzcoatl) - He slamed noble daughters to make more kids which she also Raised
Mocioaquezqui
- Name of a woman who dies During Birth - Recieve honors of Warriors dying in Battle
Patrinlineal
- The Bride moves into the House of Grooms Father
Matrilineal
- The Groom moves into the House of the Brides Father
La Milpa
- Multicrop farming system which Minimizes the Risk of Losing Harvest - Usually Planted Corn, Beans and Squash together
Tlacolol
- Slash and Burn Farming
Altepetl
- Refers to the Native State not a City or Village
Cabecera
- Concentrated inner group of Capolli in an Altepetl
Sujetos
- The Capolli in an Altepetl

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