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