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Chinampas are earth that floats on water made by the hand of man.

Chinampas were gardens made by piling up mud from the bottom of the lake in the city of Tenochtitlan.

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They were built so the Aztecs would have food to eat.

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Chinampas provided good transportation in swamp lands. Chinampas are small areas of land used to grow crops in the middle of shallow lake beds.

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chinampas are made of grass and the swampy water

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diagram of the Aztec social structure

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Did the Aztecs construct chinampas?

Yes, The Aztecs constructed Chinampas.


What were Aztecs like?

It was swampy because it was on a lake. Also because it was on a lake they built Chinampas to expand their land


How did Aztecs farm?

they made chinampas


What were the floating islands called that were used by the Aztecs to grow food?

Aztec "floating gardens" called chinampas really didn't float, they were small man made islands. They were commonly used in Ancient Mexico and Central America and specifically in Tenochtitlan


The Aztecs constructed chinampas?

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What did the Aztecs have?

the Aztecs had a variety of things. The Aztecs farmed on Chinampas which were floating gardens. Also, they had causeways which were roads that were about 2 feet higher then the water. They used canoes to go through the chinampas chanells.


Who invented the floating garden?

The Aztecs & they are called chinampas.


How did the Aztecs adapted to the land?

The Aztecs adapted to their land by Chinampas, Building Bridges, and Hunting animals


What don't the Incas and Aztecs have in common?

They have different agriculture. The incas used terraces and the Aztecs had chinampas, floating islands.


What does an Aztec chinampas mean?

The term chinampas was the method that the Aztecs used to reclaim land from a swamp near their capital. They did this by digging drainage canals.


Why did The Aztecs constructed chinampas?

To be able to support their buildings in the city of Tenochtitlan. Since it was built in the middle of lake Texcoco they needed a way to build the Causeways to and from the city, and to provide a foundation for growth.


What were the man made islands that provided farmland for the Aztecs called?

the awnser to that question is... CHINAMPAS