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Aztec Quiz
  • 1. Which of the following is a synonym for DEITY?
A) God
B) belief
C) human
D) mortal
  • 2. Which of the following allowed the Aztecs to grow food in their challenged environment?
A) chinampas
B) prickly pear cactus
C) terraces
D) Moctezumas
  • 3. Which of the following is NOT a way that the Aztecs modified their environment?
A) dams
B) bridges
C) causeways
D) canals
  • 4. The capital city that was home to over 400,000 people was...
A) made up of volcanoes
B) on an isthmus
C) on islands in Lake Texcoco
D) home to Huitzilopochtil
  • 5. Title for the Aztec emperor.
A) Huitzilopotchtli
B) Great Speaker
C) Prickly Pear
D) Great One
  • 6. What was the capital of the Aztec civilization?
A) Montezuma
B) Tenochtitlan
C) Huitzilopochtli
D) Texcoco
  • 7. What was the codex usually written on?
A) leaves
B) papyrus
C) stone
D) tree bark
  • 8. conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico
A) Columbus
B) Pizzaro
C) Cortes
D) Montezuma
  • 9. The Aztecs written language was made of glyphs that represented
A) the five senses
B) emotions
C) sounds
D) words or ideas
  • 10. Why were the Aztec affected by smallpox?
A) they were not immune to it
B) they were not affected by it
C) they believed it was a sign of of the gods
D) they had no medicine
  • 11. What is the raised road that the Aztecs built to connect Tenochtitlan to the mainland called?
A) causeway
B) aquaduct
C) codex
D) chinampa
  • 12. Which of the following was NOT a reason the conquistadors defeated the Aztecs?
A) guns
B) human sacrifice
C) horses
D) smallpox
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