Question

read the passage, which was written by a spanish explorer in the 1500s.
this great city of tenochtitlán is situated in this salt lake.... there are four... entrances to the city, all of which are formed by artificial walkways.... the city is as large as seville or cordova; its streets... are very wide and straight.... all the streets at intervals have openings, through which the water flows... and at these openings, some of which are very wide, there are also very wide bridges, composed of large pieces of timber, of great strength and well put together; on many of these bridges ten horses can go abreast.
this quotation describes
○ an aztec city.
○ an inca city.
○ a maya city.
○ a zapotec city.

Explanation:

Tenochtitlán was the capital city of the Aztec Empire, a major Mesoamerican civilization. The passage explicitly names this city, which matches the description of an Aztec urban center built on a salt lake with artificial walkways and bridges. Inca cities were located in the Andes (not on salt lakes), Maya cities were in lowland Mesoamerica with different urban layouts, and Zapotec cities centered around Oaxaca, not this lake-based capital.

Answer:

an Aztec city.