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Primary Source Description of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire. Hernando Cortés, 1519 The main streets are very wide and very straight; some of these are on the land, but the rest and all the smaller ones are half on land, half canals where they paddle their canoes. All the streets have openings in places so that the water may pass from one canal to another. Over all these openings, and some of them are very wide, there are bridges. . . . There are, in all districts of this great city, many temples or houses for their idols. They are all very beautiful buildings. . . . Amongst these temples there is one, the principal one, whose great size and magnificence no human tongue could describe, for it is so large that within the precincts, which are surrounded by very high wall, a town of some five hundred inhabitants could easily be built. All round inside this wall there are very elegant quarters with very large rooms and corridors where their priests live. There are as many as forty towers, all of which are so high that in the case of the largest there are fifty steps leading up to the main part of it and the most important of these towers is higher than that of the cathedral of Seville. . . ." 1. List three things facts about Tenochtitlan from Cortés description. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. When the Spanish arrived in Tenochtitlan, they were amazed and what they saw Some believed they were dreaming. Use Cortés’ description of Tenochtitlan to infer why the Spanish were so amazed. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Secondary Source Description of the Spanish Conquest of Tenochtitlan, Heidi King, "Tenochtitlan". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History At the time of the Spanish conquest in 1521, the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan was among the largest cities in the world, with perhaps as many as 200,000 inhabitants. In less than 200 years, it evolved from a small settlement on an island in the western swamps of Lake Texcoco into the powerful political, economic, and religious center of the greatest empire of Precolumbian Mexico. Tenochtitlan was a city of great wealth, obtained through the spoils of tribute from conquered regions. Of astounding beauty and impressive scale, its towering pyramids were painted in bright red and blue, and its palaces in dazzling white. Colorful, busy markets with a bewildering array of foods and luxuries impressed native visitors and conquering Spaniards alike. On a fateful day in August 1521, life in this magnificent urban center changed forever. Shortly after the fall of Tenochtitlan, the Spaniards razed the already devastated city and built the capital of the Viceroyalty of New Spain on its ruins. They named the new metropolis Mexico City, which today, again, is one of the most populous cities in the world. 1. Use the description of Tenochtitlan above to explain why Tenochtitlan was considered a great city of Pre-Hispanic (before the Spanish) America? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Based on the above readings, explain why Mexico can be considered a society of three cultures. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Cornell Notes Reduce & then Recite - Create questions which elicit critical thinking, not 1 word answers - Write questions directly across from the answers in your notes - Leave a space or draw a pencil line separating questions What was Mexico like before the Spanish? How did Cortes and the Spanish affect Mexico? Record for Review - Write headings and key words in colored pencil - Take sufficient notes with selective (not too much verbiage) & accurate paraphrasing - Skip a line between ideas and topics - Use bulleted lists and abbreviations - Correctly sequence information - Include diagrams or tables if needed for clarification or length Cornell Notes Page 2 Reduce & Recite Record for Review Summary of what you learned. In your own words and in complete sentences, write a 3 – 4 sentence summary paragraph. Your summary should cover the main concepts of the notes, be accurate, and have adequate details.
