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