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Aztec Quiz
Contributed by: Salema
  • 1. Which of the following is a synonym for DEITY?
A) human
B) belief
C) mortal
D) God
  • 2. Which of the following allowed the Aztecs to grow food in their challenged environment?
A) prickly pear cactus
B) chinampas
C) Moctezumas
D) terraces
  • 3. Which of the following is NOT a way that the Aztecs modified their environment?
A) causeways
B) dams
C) bridges
D) canals
  • 4. The capital city that was home to over 400,000 people was...
A) on an isthmus
B) home to Huitzilopochtil
C) made up of volcanoes
D) on islands in Lake Texcoco
  • 5. Title for the Aztec emperor.
A) Great One
B) Prickly Pear
C) Great Speaker
D) Huitzilopotchtli
  • 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) tree bark
B) stone
C) papyrus
D) leaves
  • 8. conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico
A) Cortes
B) Pizzaro
C) Montezuma
D) Columbus
  • 9. The Aztecs written language was made of glyphs that represented
A) emotions
B) words or ideas
C) the five senses
D) sounds
  • 10. Why were the Aztec affected by smallpox?
A) they believed it was a sign of of the gods
B) they were not immune to it
C) they were not affected by it
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) chinampa
C) aquaduct
D) codex
  • 12. Which of the following was NOT a reason the conquistadors defeated the Aztecs?
A) human sacrifice
B) horses
C) smallpox
D) guns
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