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Mesoamerican Map Quest

Mesoamerican Map Quest . Take out your page 23 Open your textbooks to page 51 Using the map in your text, color in the areas of the Aztec Civilization and label countries and the Aztec Capital Aztec = . The Aztec Civilization. The Legend of the Eagle And Snake.

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Mesoamerican Map Quest

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  1. Mesoamerican Map Quest • Take out your page 23 • Open your textbooks to page 51 • Using the map in your text, color in the areas of the Aztec Civilization and label countries and the Aztec Capital • Aztec =

  2. The Aztec Civilization

  3. The Legend of the Eagle And Snake According to legend ... One day, the Aztecs were magically visited by their main god. He promised his people that they would have a city of their own some day. To find it, they were to look for an eagle, perched on a cactus, holding a snake. When the Aztecs found the magical place of the eagle, snake, and cactus, they were not to make war with their neighbors. Instead, they were to settle down peacefully until they had gained strength. They were to use that time to build a glorious Aztec city, a city of their own. For the next 200 years, the Aztecs wandered in the Valley of Mexico. One morning, an Aztec priest was standing on the swampy shore of Lake Texcoco. On one of the many small islands that dotted the lake, he saw an eagle, perched on a cactus, with a snake wiggling in its mouth. The Aztecs had found their home at last. Aztec legend says the cactus grew immediately into an island. It was on that island that the Aztecs founded their civilization. They named the island Tenochtitlan, "the Place of the Prickly Pear Cactus".

  4. Roads and Drawbridges Do Now: Copy Chinampas Corn Achievements Books Farming The Aztecs Calendar Vegetables Builders Pottery Art Tenochtitlan Masks and Drawings Temples And Pyramids Religion and warfare

  5. Builders • Tenochtitlan • Capital city of Aztec Empire • Today is Mexico City • Pyramids/Temples • Places of worship • Used for sacrificial ceremonies

  6. Farming • Chinampas- Floating Gardens Primary Crops: -Corn -Tomatoes -Beans -Chilies -Squash fenced-off area layered with mud, lake sediment, and decaying vegetation. Provided for ½ to 2/3 of food consumed

  7. Art • Masks and Drawings • Pottery Depicts specific gods Used for Religious Ceremonies Warrior Art

  8. Achievements • Calendar • Books-Pictographic Writing • Roads and Drawbridges

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