CIVILIZATIONS OF THE AMERICA’S Aztec AIM: AIM: What caused the fall of the Aztec civilization? Do Now: Aztec Worksheet – Question #1 Only.

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CIVILIZATIONS OF THE AMERICA’S Aztec AIM: AIM: What caused the fall of the Aztec civilization? Do Now: Aztec Worksheet – Question #1 Only

Aztec Areas

Mayan & Aztec Areas of Influence

Aztecs Aztecs – Social /Political / Economic Social Hierarchy

Aztecs Aztecs – Social /Political / Economic Organized for War Codex Mendoza Huitzilopochtli - God of War & Sun

Aztecs Aztecs – Social /Political / Economic Religion & Architecture Quetzalcoatl Polytheism/Mythology Human Sacrifice Temples Many Gods

Aztecs Aztecs – Social /Political / Economic Farming Made the island in the middle of Lake Texcoco bigger by using reeds with sand to form islands to make farmland. Called chinampas Eventually became Mexico City

Trade Aztecs Aztecs – Social /Political / Economic

Aztecs Aztecs – Decline & Fall Spanish Cortes Conquered Moctezuma II in 1521 Disease – Small Pox

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