Aztec Quiz
  • 1. What was the title of the Aztec Emperor?
A) Great Emperor
B) Great Leader
C) Great Speaker
D) Great One
  • 2. What was the capital of the Aztec civilization?
A) Huitzilopochtli
B) Montenzuma
C) Texcoco
D) Tenochtitlan
  • 3. The Aztecs written language was made of glyphs that represented
A) sounds
B) emotions
C) the five senses
D) words or ideas
  • 4. What was the codex usually written on?
A) tree bark
B) papyrus
C) leaves
D) stone
  • 5. What is a synonym for DEITY?
A) god
B) mortal
C) human
D) belief
  • 6. Which Aztec god was often represented as either a hummingbird or an eagle
A) Quetzalcoatl
B) Montezuma
C) Huitzilopochtil
D) Cortes
  • 7. How was the Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl represented?
A) a plumed eagle
B) a feathered hummingbird
C) a feathered beast
D) a plumed serpent
  • 8. Which conquistador overthrew Montezuma and conquered Mexico?
A) Cortes
B) Columbus
C) Francisco
D) Pizarro
  • 9. Which European country sent the conquistadors to find gold and form new colonies?
A) Italy
B) Spain
C) Ireland
D) Russia
  • 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) codex and glyphs
B) causeways and chinampas
C) pyramids and huts
D) guns and horses
  • 12. What type of landform is Mesoamerica?
A) isthmus
B) peninsula
C) island
D) marshland
  • 13. Why did the Aztec need chinampas?
A) to play the ball game
B) to be able to build a road
C) to grow crops
D) so the emperor could build on it
  • 14. What is the raised road that the Aztecs built to connect Tenochtitlan to the mainland called?
A) causeway
B) codex
C) chinampas
D) aqueducts
  • 15. The capital city that was home to about 400,000 people was...
A) home to Huitzilopochtil
B) on an isthmus
C) on islands in Lake Texcoco
D) made up of many volcanoes
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