Themes of History
One of the four themes in our class.
History, Civics, Economics, or Geography
The person who rallies the people to start an empire.
Leader
Location of Aztec Empire - North America, South America, or Central America
Central America
The Ottomans solidified their empire by conquering this city.
Constantinople/Istanbul
Context, sources, and close reading.
History
When one leader dies or is disposed of and there is a void left.
Power Vacuum
Aztecs believed they need to do this in order to keep the gods happy and the sun shining.
Human Sacrifice.
Expansion into modern day Saudi Arabi allowed muslim followers in the Ottoman empire to pilgramage to this city, a requirement of faith.
Mecca
Rights and responsibilities in society.
Civics
Having a civilization next to an empire that does not or cannot put up a fight in being conquered.
Weak Neighbors
Spain
The sultan was given this name by his European contemporaries.
"Sulieman the Magnificent"
Choices made with limited resources.
Economics
Putting resources into developing armaments or infrastructure to conquer neighbors.
Technology
The Spanish did this to help take down the Aztec empire.
Formed alliances with natives.
The conquest of Constantiople allowed the Ottoman empire to have control of access along this major trading route.
The Silk Road
Location, Place, and HEI
Geography
The core beliefs of a society that help direct and inspire the people to want to be a part of the empire.
Ideology
This was the Aztec ruler when the Spanish conquered.
Montezuma (II)
Constantinople was conquered by the Ottomans in this year.
1453 CE