Aztec Geography
What is the name of the valley where the Aztec Empire arose?
Valley of Mexico
The ruins of which city was a pilgrimage site for the Aztecs?
Teotihuacán
Why did the Aztecs of Tenochtitlán build chinampas?
To enlarge their land area
What was at the center of Aztec life?
War
What was one benefit of settling on land surrounded by Lake Texcoco?
It was easy to defend
What does the picture on the Mexican flag symbolize?
A legend about how Aztecs knew where to build their city
At the Great Temple, the Aztecs built a shrine to what rain god?
Tlaloc
What fact best shows that war was at the center of Aztec life?
All Aztec men were trained as soldiers
What did the Aztecs build in the center of Tenochtitlán?
A large plaza where they held special festivals
When the Aztecs fled south from Chapultepec in 1319, how did the Culhuas near their new home respond?
They paid the Aztecs to fight for them
Why did the Aztecs in Tenochtitlán need aqueducts, dikes, causeways, and canals?
Because they lived on islands
In what year was the Aztec Empire destroyed by the Spanish invaders?
1519
By forming the Triple Alliance, what was the Aztec leader Itzcoatl able to do?
Free his people from Tepanec rule
What was the basis of the Aztec Empire?
Tribute
What weakness in the Aztec Empire did the Spanish take advantage of when they invaded Mexico?
Because conquered peoples kept their own customs, the empire lacked unity
In what year did the Aztecs defeat the Tepanecs?
1428
When did the Aztecs started building Tenochtitlán?
1325
Describe the process the Aztecs used to expand their empire.
The Aztecs invited city-states to be an ally. They had 60 days to respond. If they refused, the Aztecs declared war