The people who lived in Mexico were called Mexicans!!
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Why do Ameircans live in America, the word aztec is wrong they never called themselfs Aztecs, but Mexicans, they lived in Mexico because that is what they called the land they founded their city, it means the land where the moon is reflected in the lake, and the city was founded as Mexico Tenochtitialn, the Spanish only called it Mexico, and the people that lived here were called Mexicans.
The Mayas lived near the gulf of Mexico. The Maya people have gone "extinct"
aztecs lived in Mexico, mayans lived in yucatan, and incas lived in Peru
They were called "Tejanos" .
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The Maya of Mexico lived around the same time as the Mound Builders
The Aztec civilization lived in Mesoamerica, specifically in the Central Valley of Mexico. They founded their capital city, Tenochtitlan, on an island in Lake Texcoco, which is present-day Mexico City.
the aztec people lived in central mexico near lake texcoco
the Aztec society lived in Mexico on a small island they called Tenochtitlan
The first people who lived in Nevada are called Nevadians and they are also called Woodland people. :)