Ciudad de México

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/ciudad-de-mxico

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How big is Ciudad de México?573 square miles (1,485 square kilometers) for the city proper
2. What is the capital of Ciudad de México?The capital city of Mexico, serving as its seat of federal government
3. What is Ciudad de México and where is it located?Ciudad de México is a huge city built on the old lake of Lake Texcoco. It sits in the Basin of Mexico, a high valley about 7,350 feet above sea level.
4. How did the Aztecs build their city on a lake?The Aztecs created Tenochtitlan on an island in the lake. They used chinampas—small, fertile islands—for farming and built causeways to travel between places.

Subsidence: The gradual sinking of land, often caused by the extraction of groundwater from underlying soil layers.
Alcaldías: The administrative divisions (boroughs) of Mexico City, each with its own elected head and local government.