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