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Mock Trial Vocabulary
Trial Vocabulary from Aztec Mock Trial
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Social Studies
8th Grade
03/13/2013

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Term
Defense
Definition
The group trying to prove the defendant is innocent
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Prosecution
Definition
The group trying to prove the defendant is guilty
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Defendant
Definition
The person who is on trial, the one who might be guilty
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Direct Examination
Definition
When an attorney asks their own witness questions and the witness tells their story
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Witness
Definition
A person giving the court information during trial by answering the attorney's questions
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Attorney
Definition
A person who is trying to prove one side of the case
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Judge
Definition
The person in charge of the trial
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Hernan Cortes
Definition
A Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire
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Motezuma
Definition
The head of the Aztec Empire when Cortes arrived in Mexico
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Aztecs
Definition
A group of native people in Mexico who were very advanced farmers and skilled warriors
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Tenochtitlan
Definition
The capital of the Aztec Empire
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Conquistador
Definition
Spanish warrior who came to Mexico in search of gold
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Jury
Definition
The people who decide the outcome of the trial
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