Which of the following statements about the aztec capital, tenochtitlan, is correct?
because it was built on an island, it could not expand much in size.
it was not a residential area, but a sacred religious center with pyramid-temples used for sacrificial rituals.
it was the largest city in the americas, and possibly larger than any city in europe at that time.
it was abandoned centuries before the spanish explorers arrived in mexico and saw its impressive ruins.