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106 - Engineering An Empire - The Aztecs

The document provides an overview of the Aztec civilization and its engineering achievements. It discusses how the Aztecs built the city of Tenochtitlan on an island in Lake Texcoco and constructed aqueducts and causeways. It also mentions key Aztec rulers like Montezuma II and events like the conquest led by Hernan Cortes, which marked the fall of the powerful Aztec Empire.

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106 - Engineering An Empire - The Aztecs

The document provides an overview of the Aztec civilization and its engineering achievements. It discusses how the Aztecs built the city of Tenochtitlan on an island in Lake Texcoco and constructed aqueducts and causeways. It also mentions key Aztec rulers like Montezuma II and events like the conquest led by Hernan Cortes, which marked the fall of the powerful Aztec Empire.

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Hi.

I’m Peter Weller for the


Name: _____________________ History Channel.
Join me while we explore
Engineering An Empire: the Ancient Aztecs.
Aztecs
1. The Aztec civilization rivaled ___________ in its sophistication. Acqueducts,
pyramids, _______ and __________ stood as tribute to the gods.

2. Instead of getting married, what happened to the princess?

3. Peter Weller – Aztec sacrifices were important because without them they
believed “the sun would refuse to _________ and the universe ___________________.”

4. The Aztecs were chased to a swampy island is Lake ______________. That large valley isnow the site
of the modern day ___________________.

5. Aztech King Tenoch had a vision and saw an “eagle perched on a ______________” and declared this
to be the site of their capital city of Tenochtitlan.

6. Tenochtitlan is modeled after a city 25 miles to the north called Teotihuacan. It mean
“_______________.” The original founders believed the city was the birthplace of the sun and
constructed this to honor it - _________________________.

7. How did the Aztec leader Acampapichtl (1376 AD) engineer a solution to the swampy land? (How did
they build a base?)

8. Describe a causeway. (What is it? How was it build?)

9. All human labor was used to build everything in the city. One large stone took ___________ men to
move it.

10. What did the mainland Tepanex tribe control that the Aztec very much needed and a war would start
over? __________________

11. With the help of Nezahualcylotl (leader of the Texcoco tribe) the Aztec wiped out the Tepanex. The
leader of the Aztecs did what with the defeated king’s heart? ______________________ (Signaled
the beginning fo the Aztec Empire.)

12. How many tubes did the aqueduct have? ______ How far did it run? _______________

13. How many times a day did the king bathe?

14. Montezuma I expanded the borders of the empire. By 1449 it contained ________________ people.

15. Nezahualcoyotl designed the engineering solution to the problem of the flooding in the 5 lakes. How
long was the dike? ______ miles. How tall? _______ ft. How wide? _______ ft.

16. What are “sluice” gates with the dike?

17. Describe a “chinampa” or floating island.

18. King Ahuitzotl (1486-1502) ruled during the “Golden Age” of the Aztecs. He constructed
“superhighways” and had runners pass messges from one end of the empire to the other. A message
could travel _________ miles in just ______ hours.
19. The massive temple built by Ahuitzotl honored two gods, the god of ______ and the god of ______.
How many people were sacrificed to honor them? ___________

20. It’s 1502 an dthe rule of Montezuma II starts. How big is the Empire? ___________ square miles.
How many people live in the Aztec Empire? ________ million.

21. In 1519, Cortez sailed form Cuba to Mexico with 11 boats and 500 men. What did the Mexicans call
the boats?

22. If a tribe resisted they were slaughtered. Cortez ended up marrying a chieftains daughter who
became his __________ and advisor.

23. Montezuma II invited Cortez to the Great Palace. What happened a week after the Spanish were in
Tenochtitlan?

24. In 1520, after interrupting a sacred sacrifice, Cortez and his group planned to leave. What does
“Noche Triste” _______________________.

25. Cortez came back with a vengeance to wipe out Tenochtitlan. In May of 1521, he brought 600
Spaniards, ________ cavalry, and ________________ Indian allies to attack.

26. After defeated by war, disease was the real killer of the native population. How many people died
of disease? ______ million, and the population was reduced by ______%.

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