Unit 1 Topic 2 The Aztec Empire Mapping
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Unit 1 Topic 2: The Aztec Empire
Mapping Tenochtitlán (page 11) EXTENT OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE IN 1519 (p. 7) information about the Aztec Empire and What Tenochititlán is revealed in the map? The Aztec Empire includes a huge geographical area.
Mapping Tenochtitlán (page 11) EXTENT OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE IN 1519 (p. 7) is significant about the information? What Tenochititlán is a city within the vast Aztec Empire. It is on a lake, so it is near water. Water is important for survival
Mapping Tenochtitlán (page 11) Growth of the Aztec Empire 1427 - 1520 (p. 8) What information about the Aztec Empire and Tenochititlán is revealed in the map? The Aztec Empire started being built in 1427.
Mapping Tenochtitlán (page 11) Growth of the Aztec Empire 1427 - 1520 (p. 8) What is significant about the information? Tenochtitlán started in 1325, but did not form into a fully developed civilization until 100 years later.
Mapping Tenochtitlán (page 11) Tenochtitlán-Tiatelolco and its Causeways (p. 9) information about the Aztec Empire and What Tenochititlán is revealed in the map? Tenochtitlán was an island in Lake Texcoco. There was a grid of roads. The center was a “Ritual Centre”.
Mapping Tenochtitlán (page 11) Tenochtitlán-Tlatelolco and its Causeways (p. 8) is significant about the information? What Roads allowed easy travel. Roads are infrastructure. The “Ritual Centre” showed they had organized religion.
Mapping Tenochtitlán (page 11) Model of the Aztec City of Tenochtitlán (p. 10) information about the Aztec Empire and What Tenochititlán is revealed in the map? 3 D map showing many buildings.
Mapping Tenochtitlán (page 11) Model of the Aztec City of Tenochtitlán (p. 10) is significant about the information? What Shows advanced buildings. The city is buried under present-day Mexico City so something significant must have happened to end this city.
