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At the site of Lake Texcoco, the Aztecs built a city called, Tenochititlan. They built the city on an island in the lake for added protection.
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What is the name of the floating gardens the Aztecs built on Lake Texcoco?
Chubacas are the name of the floating gardens that the Aztecs built.
What was the name of the city the Aztecs built on a lake?
tenochititlan
What was the name of the lake where the Aztecs finally saw the symbol?
The name of the lake is Lake Texcoco. The now dried up lake is located in present day Mexico city. The Aztecs settled on an island in the middle of the lake. The sign was an eagle perched on a nopal (prickly pear cactus) holding a snake.
What is the collective name of the animals that live on a lake bottom?
lake monsters
What is the name of the city built on Lake Texcoco?
The Lake Texcoco was a lake on which the Aztecs built a city called Tenochtitlan. The Spaniards later built Mexico City on Tenochtitlan, which is now the present day capital of Mexico. The lake is now completely drained.
Did Mexico get its name from maxica?
Mexico got its name from the Mexica people (wrongly named as Aztecs by contemporary archeologists). It comes from their capital city name: Mexico-Tenochtitlan. It means "place of cactus in the middle of the Moon Lake".
What was the name of the main god of the Aztecs?
Huitzilopochtli - the sun god of Aztecs
What Mexico means?
It came from the name of the ancient Aztec capital, Mexico-Tenochtitlan. Such name means "Cactus island in the middle of the Lake Moon". When New Spain gained its independence from Spain in 1821, it was renamed as Mexico which literally would mean "In the center of the Lake Moon". Lake Moon is what Aztecs called the Texcoco lake, where they found their capital city.
Another name for Aztecs?
there were calledthe mixtecs before they called them selves the Aztecs
What was the name of the Aztecs city where the Aztecs setteld there impiar?
Tenochtitlan, a watery swamp.
Is Aztecs a common noun?
No, Aztecs is the name of a specific group of people, a proper noun.
What was the name of the Aztecs main gods?
hutizilopochtli was his name.
