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