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Aztec Webquest
Type in the following address:
http://aztecs.mrdonn.org/
When clicking on links please click on the back button so you always go to the main
page at http://aztecs.mrdonn.org/
Where it says “explain” use complete sentences!
Click on and read Geography, Human-Environment Interaction
1. Why did nobody want to live near the Aztecs as neighbors?
2. What did it mean to the Aztec when they saw an eagle perched on a cactus
holding a snake?
3. Why did the Aztecs want everyone to go to school?
4. What did the Aztec build to grow food?
Click the back button and click on and read Government
5. Who governed each Aztec city?
6. Explain the One Time Forgiveness Law.
Click the back button and click on and read Daily Life
7. Explain the differences between the houses of the rich and the poor.
8. What did upper class people wear on their clothes to show their status?
9. What was Aztec poetry about?
Click the back button and click on and read about Slaves
10. Explain the two ways you could become a slave in Aztec society.
11. Were the children of slaves considered slaves as well?
12. How could a slave get his or her freedom?
Click the back button and then click on Ball Game
13. Why was an Aztec ball game so exciting?
Click on Tenochtitlan, capital city
14. Explain how Tenochtitlan was such a beautiful city.
15. What modern city is built on this capital’s ruins?
Click on the back button and then click on Specialized Professions
16. What jobs did Aztecs priests do?
17. What types of jobs did matchmakers perform?
Click the back button and then click on Correct Behavior
18. What could be the punishment for breaking a Behavior code?
Click the back button and click on and read Myth: Place of the Prickly Pear Cactus
19. Why did the Aztecs believe human sacrifice was necessary?
20. What was the actual location that Tenochtitlan was established?
Click the back button and click on and read Journey of a Princess
21. Why did the Aztecs start sacrificing their own people?
22. Why did the Aztecs sacrifice the princess?
23. What did conquered tribes have to pay the Aztecs?
Click on and read Very Quick History of the Aztecs
24. Why did the Aztecs have to live by the swampy shores of Lake Texcoco?
25. How did the Aztecs adapt to the environment around Lake Texcoco?
Explain!
26. What advantages allowed the Spanish to conquer the Aztecs? Explain!
Aztec Webquest Teacher Guide
Type in the following address:
http://aztecs.mrdonn.org/
When clicking on links please click on the back button so you always go to the main
page at http://aztecs.mrdonn.org/
Where it says “explain” use complete sentences!
Click on and read Geography, Human-Environment Interaction
1. Why did nobody want to live near the Aztecs?
They captured people and killed them for their gods.
2. What did it mean to the Aztec when they saw an eagle perched on a cactus
holding a snake?
That the Aztecs had found a place to call home.
3. Why did the Aztecs want everyone to go to school?
Because they knew that successfully settling meant they needed engineers, builders,
and traders.
4. What did the Aztec build to grow food?
They built floating gardens to grow food on and dikes to free up land to grow food.
Click the back button and click on and read Government
5. Who governed each Aztec city?
Nobles placed by an Emperor
6. Explain the One Time Forgiveness Law.
If you confessed your crime to a priest before your crime was discovered, you would
be forgiven once.
Click the back button and click on and read Daily Life
7. Explain the differences between the houses of the rich and the poor.
Rich homes were made of sun-dried brick or stone and whitewashed, they had
separate rooms for baths. Poor homes were huts with thatched roofs, little
furniture, consisting mostly of woven mats and baskets.
8. What did upper class people wear on their clothes to show their status?
The rich wore clothes colorfully embroidered and decorated with feathers and
carried fans made of feathers.
9. What was Aztec poetry about?
Their poetry was about love, children, war, good deeds, and proper behavior
Click the back button and click on and read about Slaves
10. Explain the two ways you could become a slave in Aztec society.
You could be made a slave as a punishment for a crime you had committed.
Your family could also sell you into slavery to pay family debts.
11. Were the children of slaves considered slaves as well?
No. They were expected to be cared for by nobles the same as their own.
12. How could a slave get his or her freedom?
They could buy their way out or run away or ‘race’ the master’s son to the
palace.
Click the back button and then click on Ball Game
13. Why was an Aztec ball game so exciting?
Answers will vary. They were the most dangerous, there were professional ball
players, there were no rules about how you could be stopped from making
points.
Click on Tenochtitlan, capital city
14. Explain how Tenochtitlan was such a beautiful city.
The city had ornate temples and open plazas, restaurants, little shops, and artists
everywhere.
15. What modern city is built on this capital’s ruins?
Mexico City
Click on the back button and then click on Specialized Professions
16. What jobs did Aztecs priests do?
Priests were religious leaders and acted as teachers, created records written
in hieroglyphics, and conducted sacrifices.
17. What types of jobs did matchmakers perform?
Work with a young couple who had decided to marry, and they were also
fortunetellers, soothsayers, and studied omens and signs and made
predictions.
Click the back button and then click on Correct Behavior
18. What could be the punishment for breaking a Behavior code?
If you did not behave correctly, you could be killed.
Click the back button and click on and read Myth: Place of the Prickly Pear Cactus
19. Why did the Aztecs believe human sacrifice was necessary?
Because it kept their gods happy.
20. What was the actual location that Tenochtitlan was established?
In the Valley of Mexico, along the swampy shores of Lake Texcoco
Click the back button and click on and read Journey of a Princess
21. Why did the Aztecs start sacrificing their own people?
Their god told them not to go to war for a while.
22. Why did the Aztecs sacrifice the princess?
To feed the many hungry Aztec gods
23. What did conquered tribes have to pay the Aztecs?
Tribute in the form of jewels, food, clothing, and captives.
Click on and read Very Quick History of the Aztecs
24. Why did the Aztecs have to live by the swampy shores of Lake Texcoco?
Because their other option was to start a war with another tribe for a place to
live.
25. How did the Aztecs adapt to the environment around Lake Texcoco?
Explain!
They built canoes to fish and hunt, they filled marshes with reeds, stones and
dirt, and built dams and dikes.
26. What advantages allowed the Spanish to conquer the Aztecs? Explain!
The Spanish had guns dogs, horses, and disease.