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Aztec Quiz
Contributed by: Salema
  • 1. Which of the following is a synonym for DEITY?
A) mortal
B) God
C) human
D) belief
  • 2. Which of the following allowed the Aztecs to grow food in their challenged environment?
A) Moctezumas
B) prickly pear cactus
C) chinampas
D) terraces
  • 3. Which of the following is NOT a way that the Aztecs modified their environment?
A) causeways
B) canals
C) bridges
D) dams
  • 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 Speaker
B) Prickly Pear
C) Huitzilopotchtli
D) Great One
  • 6. What was the capital of the Aztec civilization?
A) Texcoco
B) Tenochtitlan
C) Montezuma
D) Huitzilopochtli
  • 7. What was the codex usually written on?
A) leaves
B) tree bark
C) stone
D) papyrus
  • 8. conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico
A) Cortes
B) Montezuma
C) Columbus
D) Pizzaro
  • 9. The Aztecs written language was made of glyphs that represented
A) sounds
B) the five senses
C) emotions
D) words or ideas
  • 10. Why were the Aztec affected by smallpox?
A) they were not immune to it
B) they had no medicine
C) they were not affected by it
D) they believed it was a sign of of the gods
  • 11. What is the raised road that the Aztecs built to connect Tenochtitlan to the mainland called?
A) chinampa
B) codex
C) causeway
D) aquaduct
  • 12. Which of the following was NOT a reason the conquistadors defeated the Aztecs?
A) smallpox
B) horses
C) human sacrifice
D) guns
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