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Nations: The Rise and FalI of the Aztec" Video Study
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GEOGRAPHY
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What was the most powerful military empire in N. America's history?
What was the name of the Aztec capital?
Yes or no, was the base of the Pyramid of the Sun larger than that of any
pyramid in Egypt?
What people re-united the rvarring kingdom 500 years before the rise of the
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Aztee?
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Mexica?
What was the sign that the Mexica had reached their homeland?
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What dominated the center of Tenochtitlan?
Yes or no, did the Aztec perform any human sacrifices.
What strange happenings occurred in the east part of Moctezuma's empire? _
10. What was the name of the Spanish conquistador who landed tn Mexico?
11. What did the Spanish conquistador desire above all else?
12. What did Cortez do to his ships so that his men could not turn back?
13. What did the Spanish and their allies do to the people of Cholula?
14. How many Cholulan citizens were killed in the streets?
15. What appeared on Novemtrer L8th, 1519 in Tenochtitlan?
16. Where did Moctezurna lead Cortez znd, his soldiers after thev met?
L7. Yes or no, were the Spaniards impressed by the city of Tenochtitlan?
18. What did Cortez do to the emperor Moctezuma?
19. How long did the Spaniards hold Moctezuma captive?
20. What eventually happened to Moctezuma?
21. \ilhat did the Spanish attempt
to do after being trapped in Moctezurna's
Palace?
22, How did many of the Spanish die during the escape attempt?
23. Ifow much of the Spanish army died in the escape?
24. What did the Spanish leave behind after they fled Tenochtitlan?
25. Yes or no, did the Spanish return to Tenochtitlan?
26. IIow long did it take the Spanish to re-capture Tenochtitlan?
27. What happened to Tenochtitlan after the Spanish captured it?
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does the Mexica
culture remain with us?