Tenochtitlan and Aztec Culture

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Where did the Aztecs build their capital Tenochtitlan?

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The Valley of Mexico, On an Island in Lake Texcoco, On the Plateau of Mexico

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Today Tenochtitlan is known as Mexico City

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True

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One advantage of living on an island on a lake was

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It offered protection from enemy tribes

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Which one of the following was not a feature of Tenochtitlan that made it an awe inspiring city: palaces, great temple-Templo Mayor, grid system, Texcoco?

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Texcoco

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Chinampas are best described as

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floating gardens

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Who was the most powerful person in Aztec society?

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emperor

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Most Aztecs belonged to the noble class

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False

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Which group was not part of the commoner class? Options: merchants, farmers, artisans

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serfs

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Aztec artisans and merchants were respected because

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They enriched the Empire by making, buying, and selling goods

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Teotihuacan was

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sacred to the Aztecs