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    The Aztecs believed their god Huitzilopochtli led them to settle on an island in Lake Texcoco where they built the city of Tenochtitlan, which they viewed as the sacred center of the universe. They developed chinampas, or floating gardens, to farm the shallow lake and paid tribute to the empire through crops and compulsory military service. The Aztecs expanded their rule through both trade and warfare to gather captives for the important religious practice of human sacrifice to the gods of fertility, rain, and war.

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    The Aztecs believed their god Huitzilopochtli led them to settle on an island in Lake Texcoco where they built the city of Tenochtitlan, which they viewed as the sacred center of the universe. They developed chinampas, or floating gardens, to farm the shallow lake and paid tribute to the empire through crops and compulsory military service. The Aztecs expanded their rule through both trade and warfare to gather captives for the important religious practice of human sacrifice to the gods of fertility, rain, and war.

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    The Aztecs believed their god Huitzilopochtli led them to settle on an island in Lake Texcoco where they built the city of Tenochtitlan, which they viewed as the sacred center of the universe. They developed chinampas, or floating gardens, to farm the shallow lake and paid tribute to the empire through crops and compulsory military service. The Aztecs expanded their rule through both trade and warfare to gather captives for the important religious practice of human sacrifice to the gods of fertility, rain, and war.

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    Chapter 7: The People of the Sun


    VOCABULARY:

    Aztecs:

    aqueduct:

    compulsory:

    tribute:

    Worldview Inquiry: In what ways do a group’s collective beliefs and experiences


    contribute to shaping a unique identity?
    Opening Chapter Story:

    - Questions:
    o What effect do you think the experience of hardship and wandering might have
    had on the Aztec sense of identity?

    o Can you name another group of people who wandered through the desert
    before being led to a promised land?

    For the Aztec people, a was more than a physical site. They saw the mountain as a
    sacred or holy site, one that, through its height, brought people physically closer to the .
    For the Aztecs, the world consisted of two landscapes – physical and - that were
    closely connected. The temples the Aztecs built to worship their gods were pyramids in the
    shape of .
    MAP of Mexico – Sketch/Draw one below (using fig. 7-2).

    The Aztecs believed that their god Huitzilopochtli had led them to the place where they
    lived. In many ways it was not an ideal location. (read page 153 to find out why and list below):

    - 1.

    - 2.

    - 3.

    The mountains that surrounded Tenochtitlan gave the Aztecs a sense of security. Like the
    walls of a fort, the mountains protected the city from attack by .

    The mountains that protected the Aztec also caused problems for them. HOW??? List
    below:

    - 1.

    - 2.
    Zoom In: The Floating Islands
    1. What is a chinampa?

    2. How were these built?

    3. Questions 1: (pg. 154)

    4. Questions 2: (pg. 154)

    Aztec Gods: Write one sentence describing each God


    Huitzilopochtli:

    Tezcatlipoca:

    Quetzalcoatl:

    Tlaloc:
    Measuring Time: Aztec Calendars

    Questions: How does the calendar show both the Aztecs’ respect for and fear of the sacred
    world?

    Human Sacrifice
    Of all aspects of the Aztec worldview, the practice of human sacrifice may be the hardest for us
    to understand.

    READ the section of page 161 to answer the following question:


    WHY did the Aztecs believe it was necessary to give the gods human blood?
    Tenochtitlan: The Center of the World
    According to Aztec philosophers, the was a round, flat disc divided into sections.
    In the middle, where the sections met like the pieces of a pie, was Tenochtitlan, the capital city
    of the . The Aztecs firmly believed that the gods had assigned them a special place
    or location in the universe.

    Expanding the Empire


    Summary
    Expanding Through Trade

    Expanding Through War


    Exit Questions/Need to Know:
    1. Huitzilopochtli – who was this? Why are they important?
    2. Why were mountains important to the Aztec people?
    3. What is a chinampa?
    4. What belief led the Aztecs to decide to settle in Tenochtitlan?
    5. Today, what two major factors are contributing to the sinking of Mexico City?
    6. Name 2 Aztec gods and describe what purpose they served to the Aztec people.
    7. Describe how an Aztec calendar works.
    8. Why did the Aztecs use human sacrifice?
    9. Describe the physical organization of Tenochtitlan and why this was important to the
    Aztec people.
    10. Who was Diego Rivera?
    11. What were the two ways that Aztec people expanded their empire?
    12. Why did Aztec people need to trade?
    13. Why was military service compulsory for Aztecs?
    14. Describe the importance of war and military for the Aztec culture

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