Aztecs Settled at Lake Texcoco by Divine Sign

Why did the Aztecs settle around Lake Texcoco?

Why did the Aztecs settle around Lake Texcoco?

There were rich deposits of gold and silver there.

They were too tired to continue migrating.

They were driven out of their homeland by hostile neighbors.

The received a sign from one of their gods.

The correct answer is: The received a sign from one of their gods.

The Aztecs settled around Lake Texcoco because, according to their mythology, they received a sign from their god Huitzilopochtli telling them to settle in that location. The story goes that Huitzilopochtli instructed the Aztecs to found their city on the spot where they saw an eagle devouring a snake while perched on a cactus. This is the origin story for the founding of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, which was located on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco.

The other options are incorrect:

• There were no rich deposits of gold and silver in the Lake Texcoco region that drew the Aztecs there.
• The Aztecs were a nomadic people who had been migrating for some time before settling in the Lake Texcoco area, so they were not too tired to continue.
• There is no evidence the Aztecs were driven out of their homeland by hostile neighbors before settling around Lake Texcoco.