FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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Question
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What modern city stands where Tenochtitlan was?
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Albuquerque
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Houston
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Cancun
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Mexico City
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The city is located in modern-day Mexico City.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mexico City is founded on the ruins of Tenochtitlan.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Spanish built modern Mexico City over the ruins of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, which they conquered in 1521. The Aztec city was on an island in Lake Texcoco, but the Spanish drained the surrounding lake over centuries and expanded Mexico City onto the new land.
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