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Aztec Empire (1350-1519 CE) correct answers Aztecs (Mexica)
- Arrived in the Valley of Mexico c. 1218 CE
- Mexica -name of people
- First functioned as mercenaries
- forced to flee
- Martial society
Rise of Aztec Empire
Military conquests
forged political alliances
with altepetl
dynastic marriages
claimed royal lineage Toltecs
ideological justification
The City of Tenochtitlan.
Significance:
- It was founded in 1325 and served as the capital until the Aztecs were conquered by Spanish
conquistador Hernan Cortes in 1519. Tenochtitlan was located on a swampy island in Lake
Texcoco in what is today south central Mexico. The Aztecs were able to settle there because no
one else wanted the land.
- The Mayan people did not disappear and continue to live in Mexico and Central America. The
Aztecs were a people who came into the Valley of Mexico in the 12th century and quickly rose to
become the dominant power in Mesoamerica. The capital of the Aztecs, Tenochtitlan, was built
on Lake Texcoco on raised islands.
- Shaped Spanish center Technochitlan
,- Myth and National Identity
- descendants of the Totles
-Outsiders not originally from Mexico
- mirgation -> Aztec Expansion
Timeline:
1100 CE - 1200 CE
The Valley of Mexico is first settled by migrating tribes (Chichimecs, Tepanecs, Mexica and
Acolhua).
c. 1345 CE - 1521 CE
The Aztec civilization flourishes in Mesoamerica.
1345 CE
Traditional date for the founding of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan on Lake Texcoco.
1350 CE - 1522 CE
The Tarascan civilization flourishes in Mesoamerica.
1351 CE
New Fire Ceremony celebrated by the Aztecs.
1375 CE - 1395 CE
Acamapichtli reigns as leader of the Aztecs.
1396 CE - 1417 CE
Huitzilihuitl reigns as leader of the Aztec empire.
, 1403 CE
New Fire Ceremony celebrated by the Aztecs.
1417 CE - 1426 CE
Chimalpopoca reigns as leader of the Aztec empire.
1418 CE
Texcoco is te
Aztlan correct answers Theme: Migration & Aztlan
"Aztec" refers to the empire
- non-sedentary group from northern Mexico?
- Left ancestral home, Aztlán, in 1,111 AD
Importance:
-The Aztlan remains an important symbol today in shaping chicano identity. The notion of an
"ancestral homeland" is essential to developing an identity because it provides an origin story, an
ancient and indigenous culture that all chicanos can relate to in a multicultural community.
- The ethnonym Aztec (Nahuatl Aztecah) means "people from Aztlan", Aztlan being a mythical
place of origin toward the north.
Encomendero correct answers - A Spanish conquistador/prominent make figure who was given
natives to work the land given/assigned to him
Encomienda System correct answers October 12, 1492 Columbus arrived to the Caribbean
Islands
San Salvador (Bahamas), Espanola (Cuba) and Haiti
Aztec Empire (1350-1519 CE) correct answers Aztecs (Mexica)
- Arrived in the Valley of Mexico c. 1218 CE
- Mexica -name of people
- First functioned as mercenaries
- forced to flee
- Martial society
Rise of Aztec Empire
Military conquests
forged political alliances
with altepetl
dynastic marriages
claimed royal lineage Toltecs
ideological justification
The City of Tenochtitlan.
Significance:
- It was founded in 1325 and served as the capital until the Aztecs were conquered by Spanish
conquistador Hernan Cortes in 1519. Tenochtitlan was located on a swampy island in Lake
Texcoco in what is today south central Mexico. The Aztecs were able to settle there because no
one else wanted the land.
- The Mayan people did not disappear and continue to live in Mexico and Central America. The
Aztecs were a people who came into the Valley of Mexico in the 12th century and quickly rose to
become the dominant power in Mesoamerica. The capital of the Aztecs, Tenochtitlan, was built
on Lake Texcoco on raised islands.
- Shaped Spanish center Technochitlan
,- Myth and National Identity
- descendants of the Totles
-Outsiders not originally from Mexico
- mirgation -> Aztec Expansion
Timeline:
1100 CE - 1200 CE
The Valley of Mexico is first settled by migrating tribes (Chichimecs, Tepanecs, Mexica and
Acolhua).
c. 1345 CE - 1521 CE
The Aztec civilization flourishes in Mesoamerica.
1345 CE
Traditional date for the founding of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan on Lake Texcoco.
1350 CE - 1522 CE
The Tarascan civilization flourishes in Mesoamerica.
1351 CE
New Fire Ceremony celebrated by the Aztecs.
1375 CE - 1395 CE
Acamapichtli reigns as leader of the Aztecs.
1396 CE - 1417 CE
Huitzilihuitl reigns as leader of the Aztec empire.
, 1403 CE
New Fire Ceremony celebrated by the Aztecs.
1417 CE - 1426 CE
Chimalpopoca reigns as leader of the Aztec empire.
1418 CE
Texcoco is te
Aztlan correct answers Theme: Migration & Aztlan
"Aztec" refers to the empire
- non-sedentary group from northern Mexico?
- Left ancestral home, Aztlán, in 1,111 AD
Importance:
-The Aztlan remains an important symbol today in shaping chicano identity. The notion of an
"ancestral homeland" is essential to developing an identity because it provides an origin story, an
ancient and indigenous culture that all chicanos can relate to in a multicultural community.
- The ethnonym Aztec (Nahuatl Aztecah) means "people from Aztlan", Aztlan being a mythical
place of origin toward the north.
Encomendero correct answers - A Spanish conquistador/prominent make figure who was given
natives to work the land given/assigned to him
Encomienda System correct answers October 12, 1492 Columbus arrived to the Caribbean
Islands
San Salvador (Bahamas), Espanola (Cuba) and Haiti
