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

2. Aztec Areas

3. Mayan & Aztec Areas of Influence

4. Aztecs Aztecs – Social /Political / Economic Social Hierarchy

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

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

7. 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

8. Trade Aztecs Aztecs – Social /Political / Economic

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