Did Moctezuma Have a Zoo in Tenochtitlan?

Visit this blog post.  Read it over and then answer the questions about it in your packet.

Next take a look at a few pages from the Florentine Codex and then complete the questions in your packet about it

Then, use this zoomable map of Tenochtitlan, or the map in your Aztec File, to answer some questions.

Finally, take a look at Cortes letter to Emperor Charles V of Spain in the original text and in translation to answer questions about what he says he saw in Tenochtitlan.

Now you are ready to answer the question citing evidence from the documents to support your position.

The Aztec Files - Geography Challenge

Here are the questions from today's Geography Challenge.

Complete all eight questions on the inside of your Aztec File by Thursday, April 20.

Be sure to include both the question and the answer.

1. Find the area in the Americas where the Mayan and Aztec civilizations were located. Shade and label them on your map.

In which modern countries did the Mayan civilization exist.  In which modern country did the Aztec civilization exist?


2.  Find the area in the Americas where the Inca civilization was located. Shade and label the area on your map.

In which modern countries did the Inca Civilization exist?


3.  What are three important physical features found in southern Mexico and Guatemala?

Label each feature on your map, and draw a symbol to represent it.


4. What are three important physical features found in central Mexico?

Label each feature on your map, and draw a symbol to represent it.


5. What are three important physical features found along the west coast of South America?

Label each feature on your map, and draw a symbol to represent it.


6.  Which civilization existed primarily in a tropical wet climate zone?


7.. What are the principal climate zones in which the Aztecs existed?

Be sure to note where the Aztec capital is located.


8. What are the pricipal climate zones in which the Incas existed?

Be sure to note wehre the Inca capital is located.