Aztec

Aztec — page 1 — www abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Big Buddy Books is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 102014 012015 Cover Photo NativeStock com Angel Wynn Shutterstock com Interior Photos ASSOCIATED PRESS p 5 Getty Images LUIS ACOSTA Staff p 23 DEA PICTURE LIBRARY p 13 Glowimages com Werner Forman Archive Museum for Volkerkunde Basel Location 28 p 17 iStockphoto com pp 21 30 National Geographic Image Collection Alamy pp 15 17 NativeStock com Angel Wynn pp 9 17 29 North Wind Picture Archives pp 11 25 27 Shutterstock com p 19 Steve Vidler Alamy p 16 Coordinating Series Editor Rochelle Baltzer Contributing Editors Bridget O’Brien Marcia Zappa Graphic Design Adam Craven Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tieck Sarah 1976 Aztec Sarah Tieck pages cm Native Americans ISBN 978-1-62403-576-0 1 Aztecs Juvenile literature I Title F1219 73 T525 2015 972 dc23 2014028398

Aztec — page 2 — CONTENTS Amazing People 4 Aztec Territory 6 Home Life 8 What They Ate 10 Daily Life 12 Made by Hand 16 Spirit Life 18 Storytellers 20 A Strong Civilization 22 Back in Time 26 The Aztec Today 28 Glossary 31 Websites 31 Index 32

Aztec — page 3 — AMAZING PEOPLE Hundreds of years ago North America was mostly wild open land Native Americans lived on the land They had their own languages and customs The Aztec AZ-tehk are one Native American group They are known for their powerful kings and beautiful cities They built one of the world’s greatest civilizations Let’s learn more about these Native Americans Did You Know The Aztecs first called themselves the Mexica Later people began calling them Aztecs 4

Aztec — page 4 — Aztecs traditionally wore colorful headdresses 5

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