Student Name
Geographical Setting: What continent? What Landforms? What important Places?
Small islands in large lakes. This left little land for farming. Had highlands in southern Guatemala which contained valuable minerals. Lowlands were hot and dry. Also the valley of mexico in Mesoamerica was an very important lake that is still visited today.
Political (Leadership, citizenship, decision-making institutions)
The aztecs had allies to help in battle. Also they demanded tribute to whom they conquered unless they joined them.
Leaders: (Include Name, Time period and achievements)
Economics (Resources, production, needs, transportation, division of labor, technology, type of economy)
Spoke their own Mayan language. Mined in the highlands and got valuable resources such as jade and obsidian. Farmed in the lowlands and grew corn, beans, chili peppers, pineapple, and avocados. They were very successful in trade in the cities and would trade minerals and crops. Because they had little land they created a farming system called chinampas. Chinampas are wooden structures floating on a lake so they could have more land to farm. …show more content…
The nobles lived in cities and were wealthy just like the king and priests. Peasants lived on farms and sold and ate their crops. For the aztecs an emperor was at the top then nobles, artisans,and
Geographical Setting: What continent? What Landforms? What important Places?
Small islands in large lakes. This left little land for farming. Had highlands in southern Guatemala which contained valuable minerals. Lowlands were hot and dry. Also the valley of mexico in Mesoamerica was an very important lake that is still visited today.
Political (Leadership, citizenship, decision-making institutions)
The aztecs had allies to help in battle. Also they demanded tribute to whom they conquered unless they joined them.
Leaders: (Include Name, Time period and achievements)
Economics (Resources, production, needs, transportation, division of labor, technology, type of economy)
Spoke their own Mayan language. Mined in the highlands and got valuable resources such as jade and obsidian. Farmed in the lowlands and grew corn, beans, chili peppers, pineapple, and avocados. They were very successful in trade in the cities and would trade minerals and crops. Because they had little land they created a farming system called chinampas. Chinampas are wooden structures floating on a lake so they could have more land to farm. …show more content…
The nobles lived in cities and were wealthy just like the king and priests. Peasants lived on farms and sold and ate their crops. For the aztecs an emperor was at the top then nobles, artisans,and