Aztec Empire PowerPoint Presentation

PowerPoint presentation: 18 slides

Objective: To examine the formation and expansion of the Aztec empire.

Key Terms and People:

nomads

Hultzilopochtli

Lake Texcoco

Tenochtitlan

empire

tzompantli

sacrifice

sun god

chinampas, or "floating gardens"

Aztec calendar 

Multimedia:

Video – Rise of the Aztecs (4:35)

Video – Human Sacrifice at the Pyramid at Tenochtitlan

Video – Chinampas (1:54)