Aztec Quiz
  • 1. What was the title of the Aztec Emperor?
A) Great Speaker
B) Great Emperor
C) Great Leader
D) Great One
  • 2. What was the capital of the Aztec civilization?
A) Montenzuma
B) Huitzilopochtli
C) Tenochtitlan
D) Texcoco
  • 3. The Aztecs written language was made of glyphs that represented
A) words or ideas
B) the five senses
C) sounds
D) emotions
  • 4. What was the codex usually written on?
A) papyrus
B) leaves
C) stone
D) tree bark
  • 5. What is a synonym for DEITY?
A) god
B) human
C) mortal
D) belief
  • 6. Which Aztec god was often represented as either a hummingbird or an eagle
A) Cortes
B) Montezuma
C) Quetzalcoatl
D) Huitzilopochtil
  • 7. How was the Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl represented?
A) a feathered beast
B) a plumed serpent
C) a plumed eagle
D) a feathered hummingbird
  • 8. Which conquistador overthrew Montezuma and conquered Mexico?
A) Cortes
B) Pizarro
C) Francisco
D) Columbus
  • 9. Which European country sent the conquistadors to find gold and form new colonies?
A) Italy
B) Ireland
C) Spain
D) Russia
  • 10. Why were the Aztec affected by smallpox?
A) they were not immune to it
B) they had no medicine
C) they believed it was a sign of of the gods
D) they were not affected by it
  • 11. What are two ways the Aztecs modified the environment to meet their needs?
A) pyramids and huts
B) causeways and chinampas
C) guns and horses
D) codex and glyphs
  • 12. What type of landform is Mesoamerica?
A) marshland
B) isthmus
C) peninsula
D) island
  • 13. Why did the Aztec need chinampas?
A) to play the ball game
B) to be able to build a road
C) so the emperor could build on it
D) to grow crops
  • 14. What is the raised road that the Aztecs built to connect Tenochtitlan to the mainland called?
A) codex
B) causeway
C) chinampas
D) aqueducts
  • 15. The capital city that was home to about 400,000 people was...
A) on islands in Lake Texcoco
B) home to Huitzilopochtil
C) made up of many volcanoes
D) on an isthmus
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