Aztec & Spain

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Aztec & Spain Ms. Jeelani

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Aztec & SpainMs. Jeelani

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Curriculum

Appreciate how a society’s worldview influences the society’s choices, decisions, and interactions with other societies

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CurriculumHow Aztec and Spanish identities and worldviews were affected by intercultural contact

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CurriculumAppreciate and recognize how rapid adaptation can radically change a society’s beliefs, values and knowledge

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THIS IS A STORY ABOUT…

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AGE OF EXPLORATION

Two societies, both wealthy and powerful.

Building Empires

Completely unknown to each other

Teaser: they were about to collide

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Video

http://www.history.com/topics/mexico/videos#the-aztecs

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Quick Think

What are the definitions, elements and factors Worldviews?

What is history?

Imagine the first contact between two groups who come from very different places with different histories and different worldviews. What would happen?

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FIRST CONTACT

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Aztecs and Spanish

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Societies

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AZTECS: GEOGRAPHY

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GEOGRAPHY CONTINUED

Can you say diverse? Deserts Mountains Tropical Forests Ranch Land Rich Farm Land Seacoasts (WEST/EAST)

PLATEAU – large raised area of mostly level land

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Rivers

Rio GrandeUsamacinta

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Usumacinta

Largest rivers

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Pre-Columbian Meso-America Time in Americas before Columbus

(1519)

Region stretching from central Mexico to Nicaragua

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GEOGRAPHY CONTINUED

Live in central basin aka VALLEY OF MEXICO

Lake Texcoco: largest of five lakes

CENTRE OF AZTEC CIVLIZATION

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GEOGRAPHY CONTINUED

1. Larger cities located around lakes

2. Increase of population of city dwellers

3. More reliance on farmers in the outer areas to meet their food needs

4. Variety of farming techniques, different kinds of food

abundance of corn, chili peppers, squash, tomatoes, beans, and other kinds of food

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IRRIGATION

Stop and think…

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Irrigation

Valleys 

For Farming

Dams divert water from natural springs to the fields

Why?

harvests on a regular basis

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Other Farming Techniques Slash and burn

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GEOGRAPHY CONTINUED

Canals

Waterways

Transportation