Question

How did the Aztecs modify their natural environment to develop a successful civilization centered on an island on Lake Texcoco?

Answer 1

The correct answer is to this open question is the following.

The great Aztec Empire built its capital city of the Texcoco lake. The name of the city was Tenochtitlan. They used advances engineering techniques to build "Chinampas," portions of land communicated through water channels that connected Tenochtitlan City with other close towns such as Tlatelolco (the biggest market place in Mesoamerica), or the town of Mixcoatl, in the south. They used mud, wood and rocks to make solid "Chinampas" where Aztecs lived and worked on agriculture.

Answer 2

By 1500, the Aztec Empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, controlling 28 million people. By then, Tenochtitlan and other nearby islands has fused into one great capital city, with an estimated population of 400,000. They constructed a system of dams and aqueducts to control lake levels and bring in fresh water from the mainland to supplement the springs on the islands since then all else follows like their source of food through the system of hydraulic agriculture, draining swampland and creating artificial islands to grow food for the city. Making their civilization a successful one.