Which of the following best summarizes how the Aztec Empire was created?
The Mexica ruler Itzcoatl successfully maintained peace with other kingdoms to create a new empire.
The Mexica started the Triple Alliance with two other groups in order to fight an oppressive kingdom in the Valley of Mexico. ✅
The Mexica partnered with the Tepanecs of Azcapotzalco through marriage to begin creating an empire.
The god Huitzilopochtli led the Mexica to a promised land and then helped them become an empire.
Which of the following statements best shows the extent of the Aztec Empire?
The Aztec Empire mostly occupied the Valley of Mexico and did not expand beyond it.
The Aztec Empire included all of the territory around Lake Texcoco, such as Tenochtitlan.
The Aztec Empire covered all of what is now modern-day Mexico, as well as the Valley of Mexico.
Although it began in the Valley of Mexico, the Aztec Empire expanded to include territories as far south as modern Guatemala. ✅
Which of the following best explains why the Aztecs’ chinampas field systems were an example of manipulating their environment?
The Aztec horticulturalists told farmers how to plant crops on the chinampas field systems for the most success.
The Aztecs made use of planting maguey and other plants that helped prevent erosion in the chinampas field systems.
The Aztecs used chinampas to reclaim land by isolating shallow areas of lakes to remove water and grow plants. ✅
The Aztecs had to figure out how to get water from the mountains to the chinampas for irrigation purposes.
How did the Aztecs determine who would farm certain lands?
Horticulturalists decided which farmers could have the right to farm particular areas based on their skills.
The Aztecs gave specific families the rights to farm specific areas, but the land belonged to the entire community. ✅
The Aztecs gave certain families land that they would keep in their family as their own private property.
Families could purchase lands of their own in order to have enough areas to plant food for themselves.
Which of the following statements best summarizes the Aztec Empire’s methods of rule?
Local rulers in each city-state had the most power within the empire compared to anyone else.
Each political leader in the empire represented a particular Aztec god and would be sacrificed.
Four military leaders ruled over the entire empire but had no religious powers at all.
It was led by an emperor who represented a god, and each city-state within the empire had local rulers. ✅
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