Unit 2

Worldviews in Conflict

Activity

1. Download the document, Reading/Study Guide Unit 2: Chapter 7, Lesson 1.
   Please save your work to a file on your desktop so you will have a copy to refer back to.


2. Click on one of the links provided to download the document.
   
• You will then be able to view the Reading/Study Guide Unit 2: Chapter 7, Lesson 1 worksheet.




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3. Read pages 152 and 153 of your textbook.
   
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• What were the two types of landscapes the Aztecs believed in?
  
• How were mountains special to the Aztecs?
  
• Why did the Aztecs live where they did, despite it being a rather difficult place?
• Why did the Aztecs build aqueducts?


4. Read page 154 (including all of “Zoom In”) of your textbook.
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• Why did the Aztecs build causeways?
  
• Were the Aztecs skilled at farming?
  
• Why did the Aztecs build chinampas? 


5. Read “Changing the Geography” on page 155 of your textbook and study the map.
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• Where did the Aztecs build chinampas?
• How did the barrier they built in the lake affect the water on their side?
• Why did this matter?


6. When you are finished, proceed to the next page.