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Welcome

New paper titled: Aztec Engineers

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Answer this: Why would it be challenging to build an empire on an island?

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You are an Aztec engineer. The emperor has called on you to solve some of the problems that come with living on an island like Tenochtitlan.

As you encounter the challenges, draw the icons representing the adaptation you would use to solve it directly on the map below.

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Mainland

Island Center

Muddy Shoreline

Lake

Mainland

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  1. Review the crisis.

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2. Draw your solution on your map.

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3. Complete this sentence frame on your own paper:

To solve this problem, I would build ________________ because_________________.

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DEBRIEF

10. Which of these adaptations do you feel was the most useful to the Aztecs? Explain.

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11. Do these adaptations lead you to believe the Aztecs were advanced? Why or Why not?