The Aztec: Tenochtitlan, floating gardens and tribute
Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence
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Tenochtitlan, an island city
Topic What we know Founding ? The island little more than a swamp, without drinkable water or stone and wood for building Chinampas farm plots built up in the shallow lake: fenced squares filled with mud until they rose above the water; farmers tended them by canoe Fresh water long stone channels, called aqueducts, brought fresh water into the city Size one of the largest cities in the world at the time; estimates of its people differ (one source gives nearly 300,000) The cell marked ? is blank. Below the chart: the people called themselves the Mexica; later historians called them the Aztec. Chinampas only seem to float.
Luz's chart has a blank: when and where was Tenochtitlan founded?
- 1325, beside the sea
- 1521, on the ruins left by the Spanish
- 1325, on an island in Lake Texcoco
- 1428, high in the Andes
Milo's chart has a blank: what were chinampas?
- Stone channels for water
- Terraces cut into mountains
- Farm plots built up from mud in the lake
- Rafts that floated freely around the lake
Noah's chart has a blank: how did fresh water reach the city?
- By chinampa canoes alone
- Through long stone channels, aqueducts
- Through knotted cords
- From the salty lake water, just as it was
Tenochtitlan, an island city
Topic What we know Founding in 1325 the Mexica settled an island in Lake Texcoco and founded Tenochtitlan The island little more than a swamp, without drinkable water or stone and wood for building Chinampas farm plots built up in the shallow lake: fenced squares filled with mud until they rose above the water; farmers tended them by canoe Fresh water long stone channels, called aqueducts, brought fresh water into the city Size one of the largest cities in the world at the time; estimates of its people differ (one source gives nearly 300,000) Below the chart: the people called themselves the Mexica; later historians called them the Aztec. Chinampas only seem to float.
Tala reads that chinampas only seem to float. Why do they seem to float?
- They sink each night
- They rise just above the water
- They drift around the lake
- They are made of wood rafts
In what year was Tenochtitlan founded, Zee asks?
- 1235
- 1521
- 1428
- 1325
What did the island lack, by the chart, Ari asks?
- Drinkable water, stone and wood
- A lake around it
- People willing to farm
- Mud and water plants
How did farmers reach the chinampas, Bo asks?
- By canoe
- By wheeled cart
- By horse
- By road
Why did the Mexica build chinampas, Esme asks?
- The lake was much too deep to farm in
- Their island had little dry farmland
- Chinampas were for fishing
- The Spanish asked them to
Why did the city need aqueducts, Jun asks?
- The island had no drinkable water
- Farmers needed canoes
- The lake water was too clean to need channels
- Aqueducts carried tribute
Why does the chart give an estimate, not one exact number, for the city's people, Kira asks?
- The number is exactly known
- No one lived there
- Estimates of the size differ
- The city was very small