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5. The Mexica migrated to present-day central Mexico and created a triple alliance with other dominant tribes in the area. Over time, this alliance became the Aztec Empire. The heart of Aztec power was economic unity. Conquered lands paid tribute to the capital city, Tenochtitlan, the present-day site of Mexico City. Rich in tribute, this capital grew in influence, size, and population. Because of the Empire's high rate of literacy, political and technological accomplishments, and economic unity, elements of Mexica and Nahua culture spread throughout Meso-America and remain culturally significant today. The Mexica: A Meso-American Culture Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com www.www/boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-textbook/pre-columbian-america-before-1492-1/mexica-early-empires-in- mesoamerica-36/the-mexica-a-meso-american-culture-247- 4466?campaign_content=book_298_section_36&campaign_term=U.S.+History&utm_campaign=powerpoint&utm_medium=direct&utm_source=b oundless Telamones Tula View on Boundless.com Pre-Columbian America: Before 1492 > Mexica: Early Empires in Mesoamerica

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7. Key terms chinampa A method of ancient agriculture, once used in Mexico, that used artificial islands of fertile land. Mexica The Mexica — called Aztecs in occidental historiography, although this term is not limited to the Mexica — were an indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico, known today as the rulers of the Aztec empire. The Mexica were a Nahua people who founded their two cities Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco on raised islets in Lake Texcoco around AD 1200. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Pre-Columbian America: Before 1492

8. Telamones Tula Toltec warriors were represented by the famous statues of Atlantis in Tula. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia. "Telamones Tula." GNU FDL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Telamones_Tula.jpg View on Boundless.comGNU FDLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Telamones_Tula.jpgView on Boundless.com Pre-Columbian America: Before 1492

9. Basin of Mexico The Aztec Empire was based in the Basin of Mexico, pictured here. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia. "Basin of Mexico 1519 map-en." GNU FDL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Basin_of_Mexico_1519_map-en.svg View on Boundless.comGNU FDLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Basin_of_Mexico_1519_map-en.svgView on Boundless.com Pre-Columbian America: Before 1492

10. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Pre-Columbian America: Before 1492 Which of the following practices did NOT help the Aztec confederacy increase in power and size? A) Adopting cultural, artistic and astronomical innovations from conquered people. B) Enforcing economic unity that required conquered groups to pay tribute to the capital C) Large-scale human sacrifice of mostly prisoners and conquered people D) Intensive agriculture production that allowed the capital to feed thousands of residents

11. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.comwww.boundless.com Boundless - LO. "Boundless." CC BY-SA 3.0 http://www.boundless.com/CC BY-SA 3.0http://www.boundless.com/ Pre-Columbian America: Before 1492 Which of the following practices did NOT help the Aztec confederacy increase in power and size? A) Adopting cultural, artistic and astronomical innovations from conquered people. B) Enforcing economic unity that required conquered groups to pay tribute to the capital C) Large-scale human sacrifice of mostly prisoners and conquered people D) Intensive agriculture production that allowed the capital to feed thousands of residents

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