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What did the Aztecs occupy?
Tenochtitlan
The mountains protected them from what?
Invaders
The aztecs built an (_____) for fresh water
AQUEDUCT
How many gods are there
4
What chapter are we on?
chapter 7
They built their city on Lake (____)
Texcoco!!!!!!!!
Aztec engineers built a (___) across the lake
DAM..ok
who was their god?
Huitzilopotchli
The Aztecs believed that there were (___) eras before the present one and
each had been destroyed.
FOUR
what color is the bottom of valeries shoes
teal
The Aztecs built ____ causeways linking lake Texcoco to the mainland.
What did the mountains do for them?
Gave them protection and security
SACRED
The second legend died from..?(weather)
Hurricanes
what does ms hyseni like to teach
math
What is a chinampa?
Islands built in shallow lake beds in Mexico
DOUBLE POINTS!!! (if you can get both of them)
The mountains also caused _________. Because they are steep,
rain storms can cause __________ in low-lying areas.
Problems & Flash floods
What shape did they build their temple?
In a pyramid shape
DOUBLE points (if u get both of them)
The Aztecs actually had two calendars: a _____ calendar and a _______ calender.
solar & sacred
What color are the wiggle chairs
blue
"You can see that Tenochtitlan was in Lake Texcoco, which waspart of an interconnected series of (___) (___) "
Five lakes.
what year did the great flood happen?
1500s
What did aztec priests build and where?
temple on mountain tops
The sacred calendar was ______ days long. It took the sacred calendar exactly 52 years to “catch up” with the solar calendar.
HINT: More than 150
260!!!
in dutch, what does "Jongen" mean?
BOY