The most valued food was the cocoa bean used to make chocolate.

The Aztecs ground the maize into flour to make tortillas.

Aztecs ate a variety of foods such as insects, fish, honey, dogs, and snakes.

Other important food sources of the Aztecs were avocados, tomatoes, tamales, tortillas, vegetables, meat, corn, chili peppers, squash, and chocolate.

Maize (yellow corn) was the main food source of the Aztecs.

Wife would work at home cooking food for the family and weaving cloth for the family's clothes.

Kids attended schools or helped out around the house.

Wealthy people lived in homes made of stone or sun dried brick.

Poor people lived in smaller one or two room huts that had thatched roof made from palm leaves.

Poor people generally wove their own cloth and made their own clothing.

Only nobles could wear clothing decorated with feathers.

Only the emperor could wear a turquoise colored cloak.

Tenochtitlan was five miles square, and surrounded by Lake Texcoco.

The city had three great causeways or roads above the lake.

Tenochtitlan's water management was also impressive with large canals criss-crossing the city which was itself surrounded by Chinampas.

There were also bridges built into the causeways that allowed small boats and canoes to travel under them.

These bridges could be removed when the city was being attacked.

There were three major causeways that led from the island to the mainland.

Canals allowed travel by canoe to many parts of the city.

The city was well planned and laid out in a grid that made traveling around the city easy.

Bridges could be raised to prevent enemies from going into the city.

Husbands worked on a job outside of home as a farmer, warrior, or craftsmen.

Tenochtitlan was a huge trading centre with goods flowing in and out such as gold, greenstone, turquoise, cotton, tools, and weapons ect.

A causeway is a raised road that allowed people to easily travel over the swampy an wet areas.

The canals acted like water roads that allowed people to easily travel around the city with boats.

He laid siege to the city and eventually conquered the city and with it the Aztec Empire.

Cortes soon returned to Tenochtitlan with a large army of his allies, the Tlaxcala.

Cortes heard of Christopher Columbus' discoveries in the new world. He wanted to travel there and see new lands. He also wanted to make his fortune and fame.