Unit 3 Chapter 4 Aztec City on the Water's Edge

Unit 3 Chapter 5 Aztec City on the Water's Edge

by Sherry Shinn

Open Ended

Use your writing journal or this platform to answer this question. In what ways were the Aztec like the Maya? In what ways were they different? Include information from the text in your answer. You may wish to reread sections of Chapters 1, 2, and 3 to include details from the text in your answer.

Based on the text why is Tenochtitlan an important place?

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 1 on page 34, what is the meaning of the word shrine

• the top part of an important building

• a pyramid temple complex

• a scared place related to one's religious beliefs

• the center of a city

Multiple Choice

Which phrase best helps the reader determine the meaning of the shrine?

• stone walls carved with serpents

• to honor their two most important gods

• located at the heart of the city

• dominated the space withing the walls

​The author tells us that the two swampy island in the middle of Lake Texcoco may seem like an unlikely choice. In what ways did this turn out to ba a good place to settle?

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