Aztec Quiz
  • 1. What was the title of the Aztec Emperor?
A) Great Leader
B) Great Emperor
C) Great Speaker
D) Great One
  • 2. What was the capital of the Aztec civilization?
A) Huitzilopochtli
B) Tenochtitlan
C) Montenzuma
D) Texcoco
  • 3. The Aztecs written language was made of glyphs that represented
A) emotions
B) sounds
C) words or ideas
D) the five senses
  • 4. What was the codex usually written on?
A) papyrus
B) tree bark
C) leaves
D) stone
  • 5. What is a synonym for DEITY?
A) mortal
B) belief
C) human
D) god
  • 6. Which Aztec god was often represented as either a hummingbird or an eagle
A) Montezuma
B) Cortes
C) Quetzalcoatl
D) Huitzilopochtil
  • 7. How was the Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl represented?
A) a plumed serpent
B) a feathered hummingbird
C) a feathered beast
D) a plumed eagle
  • 8. Which conquistador overthrew Montezuma and conquered Mexico?
A) Pizarro
B) Francisco
C) Cortes
D) Columbus
  • 9. Which European country sent the conquistadors to find gold and form new colonies?
A) Italy
B) Russia
C) Ireland
D) Spain
  • 10. Why were the Aztec affected by smallpox?
A) they had no medicine
B) they believed it was a sign of of the gods
C) they were not affected by it
D) they were not immune to it
  • 11. What are two ways the Aztecs modified the environment to meet their needs?
A) guns and horses
B) pyramids and huts
C) causeways and chinampas
D) codex and glyphs
  • 12. What type of landform is Mesoamerica?
A) peninsula
B) island
C) isthmus
D) marshland
  • 13. Why did the Aztec need chinampas?
A) so the emperor could build on it
B) to grow crops
C) to play the ball game
D) to be able to build a road
  • 14. What is the raised road that the Aztecs built to connect Tenochtitlan to the mainland called?
A) causeway
B) aqueducts
C) chinampas
D) codex
  • 15. The capital city that was home to about 400,000 people was...
A) made up of many volcanoes
B) home to Huitzilopochtil
C) on islands in Lake Texcoco
D) on an isthmus
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