Thursday, May 2, 2019

Chapter 15 "The Aztec and Inca Empires"

Answer in complete sentences.

Section 1, pages 410-415

1. Who were the Aztecs and when did they migrate?
2. Why did the swampy land around Lake Texcoco lead to the Aztecs becoming warriors?  (two reasons)
3. How did the Aztecs become rich?
4. Why did the Aztecs use spy merchants?
5. Tenochtitlan’s island location made travel and trade difficult.  How did the Aztecs overcome these difficulties?
6. How much bigger than London was Tenochtitlan?
7. What were the three reasons that the Spanish came to the Americas?
8. Why did Moctezuma II send Cortes gifts?
9. How did Cortes make it impossible for his men to return home?  
10. Why was Moctezuma II unpopular among the neighboring tribes?
11. Describe the four factors that helped the Spanish defeat the Aztecs (one sentence each).
12. Why do you think Malintzin helped the Spanish rather than the Aztecs?

Next, we will begin watching the documentary 
"Aztecs:  Engineering an Empire" link and answering comprehension questions.