2. QUESTIONS
1. WHAT WERE HOUSES LIKE ?
2. WHAT WAS THE FURNITURE LIKE ?
3. EXPLAINE SOME OF THEIR FAMILY TRADITIONS .
4. WHAT WERE THE CALPULLI ?
5. WHAT WERE THE MAJOR CLESSES OF AZTECS
SOCIETY ?
6. WHICH WAS THE LARGEST CLASS ?
7. WHICH WAS THE SMALLEST ?
8. DESCRIBE THE LIFE-STYLE OF THE RULER.
3. 1. What were houses like ?
• The noble houses were: each of them had four
sides that contained five large rooms. The
gardens were planted with flowers or
vegetables.
4. 2. What was the furniture like ?
• The nobles had luxurious
furniture: chairs, tables, chests
and screens.
5. 3.Explain some of the family traditions
• One of their traditions was that they sacrificed people and
animals to keep their goods happy. They sang lots of songs
and they make poems. One of them is:
• “ spring brings us life, the corn refreshes us, the pink corn
makes us a necklace. At least by this we know the hearts of
our friends are true”
6. 3. What were the calpulli ?
• The calpulli is a land from uritisgs of the
Spanish judge , in 1585. groups of family's
each with there own temple and school.
7. What were the major classes of Aztecs
society ?
1. The Chief (that was the king)
2. Then the nobility
3. After the warriors
4. Finally the common people and the slaves.
8. Which was the largest class
• The largest class was the
common people and the slaves.
9. Which was the smallest class
• The smallest class was the
emperor.
10. Describe the life – style of the ruler
• The emperor ‘s life - style was to train the
warriors, the common people had to work
and the slaves had to do what they told them
to do.
11. Conclusion
• We think that is not nice to have sacrifices as a
tradition because is horrible to kill people, but
we think that everyone in the Aztec Empire
thought that it would make their gods happy.
