PPT-The Aztecs

By Rían Around 1300 CE a wandering tribe of Indians wandered into the Valley of Mexico These people were called the Aztecs When the Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico other tribes were already in residence They had already taken the best land The Aztecs had to make due with the swampy shores of Lake . The Aztecs. Present day Mexico-City. Settled by Aztecs after they saw the sign they had been in search of-an eagle perched with a snake in its beak. Switched from hunting to farming . Built . chinampas. Victoria Rains. Aztec vs. Inca. • Aztecs . migrate. to Lake . Texcoco. in. central . Mexico around 1325. • Founded city of. Tenochtitlan in . 1325. • Empire started in . 1434. • . Aztec kings represented. Who were the Mayans?. Who were the Mysterious Mayans?. A long time ago, around 2500 BCE, an ancient tribe of Central American Indians called the . Olmecs. settled in the rainforests of the Yucatan Peninsula of Central America. . Complete the following task on . your warm up page 1. Write these letters going . down . –skip . lines. P. O. S. E. R. S. POSERS. P – . People. . Who is in the picture. O – . Objects. . What objects do you see. The Americas Before Columbus. Aztec (. A.D. 1200's – A.D. 1500's. ). A new people from the North began moving into central Mexico called the Aztecs.. They became the most powerful civilization in Mesoamerica.. A. merica?. Essential Question:. How did the encounter with . the Spanish impact . the Aztecs and Incas?. Standard:. SS6H1a. Describe the . encounter and consequences. of the conflict between the Spanish and the Aztecs and . Valenti’s. World History Class. Saddleback Valley, CA. http://bit.ly/1qPNkMk. Thanks Mrs. . Valenti. !. The Aztec – Life and Society. Aztec Religion. Main Idea 2:. Aztec religion required human sacrifice for keeping the gods happy.. Describe the encounter and consequences of the conflict between the Spanish and . the Aztecs. .. 2. . Describe the encounter and consequences of the conflict between the Spanish and the Incas.. 3. Compare and contrast Cortes and Pizarro.. War was the key factor in the Aztecs’ rise to power. . All men at age 15 were conscripted for military service. The Aztecs built alliances, or partnerships, to build their empire.. The Aztecs made the people they conquered pay tribute, or give them cotton, gold, or food. I can describe Aztec family life, religious beliefs and Aztec warfare.. BUILDING AN EMPIRE. . As the years passed, the . Aztecs made alliances with some city-states and used their warrior skills to conquer others. I can describe the events that led to the fall of the Aztec Empire, as well as explain the cultural legacy left by the Aztecs.. As the empire’s population grew, so did the need for farmland. The emperor and the nobles also demanded more tribute. To meet these needs, the Aztecs were almost always at war.. The Aztecs: Should Historians Emphasize Agriculture or Human Sacrifice? Vocabulary Emphasize-to stress importance Agriculture-Science, art, or occupation of cultivating the soil, including the production of crops and the raising of livestock.  Native Americans were the people who lived on the North American continent thousands of years before the European settlers started their voyages in the fifteenth century. Most scientists agree that the Native Americans . Mesoamerica. Mesoamerica = Mexico & Central America. Mesoamerica. Some of the earliest civilizations in the Americas developed in . Mesoamerica. The . Maya . and . Aztec . lived in the Mesoamerican region.