The Aztec: Tenochtitlan, floating gardens and tribute
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The Triple Alliance: tribute and trade
Topic What we know Triple Alliance formed in 1428 by three cities: Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan Tribute conquered peoples had to send regular tribute; the Mexica sometimes kept soldiers in their lands Codex Mendoza a book made after the Spanish conquest by an Aztec scribe for the Spanish viceroy; its second part lists the tribute received Tlatelolco market a vast market that became the trading hub for both islands and for the Triple Alliance Below the chart: by the late 1400s, many subject peoples were unhappy with the tribute they were made to pay.
Which three cities formed the Triple Alliance, Ren asks?
- Tlatelolco alone
- Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan
- Tenochtitlan, Cusco and Quito in the Andes
- Madrid, Seville and Cádiz
What does the second part of the Codex Mendoza list, Zee asks?
- Spanish ships
- Chinampa farming steps
- Maya numbers
- The tribute received
What is tribute, Ari asks?
- A kind of farm plot
- Gifts sent freely to friends and neighbors
- Prices at a market
- Goods conquered peoples had to send
How did tribute help Tenochtitlan grow, Bo asks?
- It ended trade at the market
- It sent goods out to other lands far away
- Goods flowed in from conquered lands
- It brought new chinampas
How did many subject peoples feel about tribute by the late 1400s, Esme asks?
- They ruled Tenochtitlan
- They did not know about it
- Many were unhappy with it
- They asked to pay more
Who made the Codex Mendoza, Jun asks?
- The Triple Alliance in 1428
- An Aztec scribe, for the viceroy
- A modern museum
- A Maya king
The codex was made for the Spanish viceroy. What might that mean for a reader, Luz asks?
- It was a secret Aztec diary
- It is the Spanish king's own work and words
- It was made to inform the new rulers
- It shows nothing about tribute
Which claim does the chart support best, Milo asks?
- Tribute and trade brought in goods
- The Aztec had no trade
- Tribute was a free gift
- The market was in Peru
Noah's friend says the Triple Alliance was one city. What is the best reply?
- Agree: it was Tlatelolco
- Disagree: it was ten cities
- Agree: it was Tenochtitlan
- Disagree: it was three cities
Why does the chart say the Mexica sometimes kept soldiers in conquered lands, Pia asks?
- To trade at the market
- To farm the chinampas
- To make sure tribute was paid
- To build aqueducts in Spain for the viceroy