Valley of Mexico
What is the Valley of Mexico?
This geographic area became the center of several great civilizations in central Mexico.
Who are the Mexica?
The Aztecs were also known by this name.
What is the Triple Alliance?
This alliance of three city-states helped the Aztecs dominate central Mexico.
What is Tenochtitlan?
This city was larger than London and Paris in the early 1500s.
What is Teotihuacan?
This civilization was the first major power in the Valley of Mexico and built the Pyramid of the Sun.
What is an eagle on a cactus holding a snake?
According to legend, the Aztecs built their city where they saw this omen.
What are Texcoco and Tlacopan?
These two city-states joined Tenochtitlan in the Triple Alliance.
What are causeways?
Raised roads built over water connected Tenochtitlan to the mainland.
What is the Street of the Dead?
This avenue in Teotihuacan was lined with more than 20 pyramids.
What is Lake Texcoco?
This lake was the site where Tenochtitlan was founded.
What is tribute?
The Aztecs demanded gold, cacao, maize, and cotton through this system.
What is the Great Temple?
The giant pyramid at the center of Tenochtitlan was called this.
What are fertile soil, shallow lakes, and natural resources?
The Valley of Mexico was ideal for civilizations because of these three things.
What is 1325?
The Aztecs founded Tenochtitlan in this year.
What is 80,000 square miles?
By the early 1500s, the Aztec Empire covered about this many square miles.
What is Tlatelolco?
This market attracted around 60,000 visitors daily.
What is A.D. 750?
Around this year, Teotihuacan declined.
Who is Huitzilopochtli?
This god told the Aztecs where to build their city.
What is 38 provinces?
The empire was divided into this many provinces.
Who are Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc?
The Great Temple honored these two gods.