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Name two important groups who lived in the valley of mexico before the aztecs. Give an example of how each influenced the aztecs |
The two groups who lived in the valley of mexico were the Teotihuacans and the toltecs. the teotihuacans had an impact on the aztecs because they adapted the feathered serpent gods as their own. and the toltecs influenced them because the aztecs rulers married into the toltecs royal line and began to claim the toltecs as their ansestors |
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according to the aztec history, how did the aztecs know where to build tenochtitlan. Why did they think this was a good location |
they saw an eagle on a cactus with a snake in its mouth and they saw it as a sign. they knew it was a good place to stay because for food they would have lots of fish for food and it was easy to defend |
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what are two achitectural features the aztecs used to allow them to build their capital in the middle of a lake |
chinampas which were floating gardens and they sunk timber to build walls for the gardens |
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describe two aspects of tenochtitlan that allowed so many people to live there confortably |
lots of canals to make easy to walk 1000 workers washed and sweeped teh roads at night wooden bridgles rose up to protect against enemeys to make aztecs safe |
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what goods did the aztecs receive in tribute from conquerd people. why was tribute so important to the aztecs |
7,000 tons of maize, 4,000 tons of beans,seed, and grain each, 2 million cotton cloaks. these goods were the main crops and kept them alive |
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what happened before,during,and after in a war |
before-aztecs asked a city to join as an ally during-they had 60 days to agree and if they didnt the aztecs declared war after- aztecs brought soldiers they captured to tenochtitlan |
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what did the aztecs demand of the peoples they conquered. name one advantage and disadvantage |
they had to pay tribute to the aztecs,honor their god Huitzilopochtli, and obey the ruler. They got to keep their religion but they didnt think they were real aztecs and take advantage of the weakest aztecs. |
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How long did the aztec empire fourish |
from 1428 CE until 1519 CE when it was destroyed by spain |
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what originally were the aztecs |
a wandering group of hunter-gathers
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how did they know they had to settle and build a city |
they would see a big eagle on a cactus with a snake in its mouth. that was a sign from a god |
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when did the aztecs enter the valley of mexico |
mid 1200s |
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when did the aztecs take refugee on an island in lake texcoco |
1325 |
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what does tenochtitlan mean |
"the place of the fruit of the prickly pear cactus" |
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how long was the valley of mexico dominated by the teotihuacans |
100 to 650 CE |
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when did the teotihuacans collapse |
700s |
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when did the toltecs arrive in the valley |
after the teotihuacans collapsed in 700s |
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when did the aztecs arrive in the valley |
1250 CE |
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what was aztlan |
an island in a lake northwest of the valley of mexico and was the mexican legendary homeland |
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when did the aztecs leave aztlan |
1100CE |
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what did the people already living in the valley think of the aztecs and what really were they and what did the people want to do with them |
they thought they were crude barbarians, but they were really fierce warriors, and the people wanted to hire them as mercenaries |
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when did stronger groups force the aztecs of their rocky hill called what |
1319 and they were forced off their home on chapultepec |
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after they were forced off of chapultepec, where did the aztecs go and what did they do |
they fled south and because mercenaries for city states of culhuacan |
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why were the aztecs forced out of culhuacan and where did they go |
they sacraficed the daughter of the culhua chief. they were forced onto an island in lake texcoco where they built tenochtitlan |
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when did they start to build tenochtitlan |
1325CE |
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for the next 100 years, what did the aztecs do |
they served as mercenaries for the tepenecs |
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what did the aztecs gain from forming an alliance with the tepenecs |
land, trading connections, and wealth |
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what was the triple alliance and when did they defeat the tepenecs |
the aztecs formed an alliance with two other groups and they defeated the tepenecs in 1428 |
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what did itzcoatl do that was so bad for the aztecs |
he burned all their records to try to reshape aztec history. |
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when did the teotihuacans rule the valley |
from 100-650CE |
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when did the teotuacans collapse and the toltecs come in |
@700s |
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When did new groups invade the valley and take over toltec cities, and the aztecs leave aztlan |
@1100 CE |
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when did the aztecs enter the valley of mexico |
mid 1200s CE |
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when did stronger groups force the aztecs to move away from chapultepec |
1319CE |
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when did the aztecs take refugee on an island in lake texcoco and start building tenochtitlan |
1325CE |
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when did the aztec empire flourish, and the alliance fought to defeat tepenecs |
1428-1519CE |
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when did spain destroy the empire |
1519CE |
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when did the aztec create the drawing of the bird and snake |
1540CE |
