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