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