1. II. Aztec AD (1.)1168-AD 1524 http://www.jlhs.nhusd.k12.ca.us/Classes/Social_Scienc e/Latin_America/Aztec_Maya.html

3. A. Location: 2. Central Mexico Plateau Teotihuacan http://www.virtualtourist.com/vt/e9cb4/4/7eee/

4. A. Location: 3. Dry-semiarid http://www.virtualtourist.com/vt/e9cb4/4/7eee/ Teotihuacán http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/51cbd/ 4. Today Mexico

5. A. Location: 5. City: Tenochtitlan (today Mexico City) http://www.common-place.org/vol-03/no- 04/mexico-city/

6. B. Government: Centralized gov’t 1. Ruled by an emperor 2. Hierarchy 3.Based on conquest = war 4.Triple Alliance of Three Cities http://www.shawnk.com/mexico/templo.htm

7. C. Economy: 1. Agriculture 2. Tribute http://www.albany.edu/~mesmith/mestaz1.html

8. D. Religion: Polytheistic religion 1. Sun god (Huitzilopochtli) – demanded blood 2. Human sacrifice (Male POW’s sacrificed) = conquest wars -84,000 in four days Huitzilopochtli http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/history/html/conquista/aztecas.html

9. D. Religion cont. Quetzalcoatl Feathered Serpent peaceful god that would return one day from east

10. D. Religion: Polytheistic religion 3. Step pyramids http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/tm/pages2/mtm10.ht m Pyramid of the Sun http://www.jqjacobs.net/mesoamerica/images/piramsol.jpg

11. E. Achievements: 1. Calendar similar to Maya 2. Medicine – set bones, fill cavities http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/video/Ancient_Aztecs.html http://www.tenochtitlan.com/

12. E. Achievements: 3. Building: pyramids, aqueducts, causeways http://www.watertown.k12.ma.us/americanhistorycentral/Gr aphic_Images/02_Indians_North_America/11_The_Aztecs/S tone_Serpent2.jpg http://www.virtualtourist.com/vt /e9cb4/4/7eee/

13. E. Achievements 4. Pictorial writing system

14. E. Achievements 5. Chinampas (creating fields in swampy land)

15. F. Collapse: Spanish arrival AD 1521 1. Rebellion by conquered peoples b/c of increasing demands of a. Tribute b. Sacrificial victims 2. Spanish Arrival AD 1521 http://www.seapyramid.net/pictures/images- pic2/33300020.jpg

16. Teotihucan http://www.virtualtourist.com/vt/e9cb4/4/7eee/