Aztecs Part 1

Aztecs Part 1

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Wilda Menzie

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Tenochtitlan

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Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was more than 200,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins.

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Chinampas

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Artificial gardens on floating islands/farms that surrounded Tenochtitlan. Built because of lack of available farmland.

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Tribute

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paid by captured cities, kept Aztec economy stable.

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human sacrifice

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to appease/nourish the gods. They thought it would ensure the gods gave them rains and fertile land.

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Aqueducts

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transport water to Tenotchtitlan, two pipes so that while one was in use the other could be cleaned.

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Lake Texcoco

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Lake where the capital city of the ancient Aztecs Tenochtitlan was built

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causeways

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a raised road built by the Aztecs across the lake from their capital city to a mainland

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sacrificed

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Aztecs did this to thousands of people a year.

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many gods (polytheistic)

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Aztecs believed in many of these and believed that they controlled nature & human activities.

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Aztec Social Order

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emperor, nobles, merchants, traders, and craftsmen, farmers and commoners, slaves

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