TEAM #1
GLOBAL STUDIES INVESTIGATION UNIT
INVESTIGATION FORM


Detective Names: Gabriel, Kiara, Aman, Aaron
Precinct # 1
Name of Victim: Aztec Civilization

Physical Description of Victim:
Age at time of death:

Country of Origin: The Aztec were originally from Mexico

Approx. size of population:

Significant Geographical Features:

Victim’s Cultural Background:
Languages spoken:

Description of government: The government was a Monarchy, they relied on one ruler to make the best of there civlization

Description of Economic System: Based there lives on farming

Description of religious beliefs: The Aztec civilization relied on astronomical and nature gods.

Forensic Analysis:

List and describe all evidence used:
Letter;Hernan Cortes
Explain significance of each piece of evidence:
The letter shows a possible motive



List and describe any possible suspects:
Hernan Cortes
Aztec Civilization itself


Witness Interviews:
"Moctezuma came down the middle of this street with two chiefs, one on his right hand and the other on his left. When we met I dismounted and stepped forward to embrace him, but the two lords who were with him stopped me with their hands so that I should not touch him; and they likewise all performed the ceremony of kissing the earth. When at last I came to speak to Moctezuma himself I took off a necklace of pearls and cut glass that I was wearing and placed it round his neck; after we had walked a little way up the street a servant of his came with two necklaces, wrapped in a cloth, made from red snails' shells, which they hold in great esteem; and from each necklace hung eight shrimps of refined gold almost a span in length. And after he had given me these things he sat on another throne which they placed there next to the one on which I was sitting, and addressed me in he following way"

Sourcebook

Who created sources:
Hernan Cortes

Dates of testimony:
1519 as the latter entered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.

Conclusions:

Cause of Death (check one only):
Suicide_____ Natural Causes_______ Homicide XXX

Explain cause of death (in detail):