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