mexico Flashcards
Why were mountains considered sacred sites.
The Aztecs believed that if they were more higher they would be physically close to god. They would make walking pyramids and walk up there and pray to their god.
Why did the Aztecs choose to make their home where they did?
Because their god Huitzilopotchli told them to settle where they see a cactus with a eagle eating a snake on top of it ,
Explain two ways the Aztecs altered the geography to help them survive.
They had fresh water and salt water and there were some salt water fish that was a food supply.
Where is modern day Mexico City located?
The modern day mexico was In the valley center of mexico city.
How did the Aztecs use Lake Texcoco to protect them?
They had a long bridge the connected the land and when there were people that were trying to get on the bridge and cross they would get rid of the bridge so the people don´t get on it .
Explain two ways the Aztecs altered the geography to help them survive.
They lake gave them a supply of water and the lake had salt water fish that they could cook and eat
Where is modern day Mexico City located?
In the center of Mexico city and the valley of mexico.
plateau
basically a mountain that is flat on the top
Aztecs
a member of the indigenous people dominant in Mexico .
Aztlan
its a name of a homeland of the Aztecs.
Mexica
a name The Aztecs used it for themselves.
Nahua
a group of indigenous people of Mexico and El Salvador
Huitzilopochtli
he was the Aztec god of the Sun and the war. The valued him a lot they had to follow him and all his commands
Mesoamerica
is a historical religion and culture in the southern north america. Its a divers civilization .
Lake of Texcoco
was a lake that mexico city was built on .
saline
its salt water that is separated in a lake.
Tenochtitlan
was a large Mexica city-state in what is now the center of Mexico City.
causeways
a raised low track that is close to the water . bridge
chinampa
used small rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico.
aqueduct
a small waterfall that the people made. it conducts water.
