The Aztecs [Introduction]

Multiple Choice

The Aztecs had sacrificed the tribal king's daughter to the god of....

• marriage

• fertility

• war

• love

Multiple Choice

According to Aztec beliefs, what would happen if they stopped making these [human] sacrifices to their gods?

• the Aztecs would lose their power

• the Aztecs would no longer be able to communicate to their gods

• the Aztecs would be conquered by the Tepanecs

• the sun would no longer rise and the universe would die

Multiple Choice

The Aztecs fled to an island surrounded by a lake after sacrificing the Culhua princess. What is the name of that lake?

• Lake Titicaca

• Lake Chalco

• Lake Vesuvius

• Lake Texcoco

Multiple Choice

According to the leader of the Aztecs, what did Tenoch see in the middle of the lake that was the sign that they had found their new home?

• an eagle sitting on a cactus

• a cactus

• land

• a flower floating on the lake

Multiple Choice

Teotihuacan was considered to be the birth place of....

• the moon

• the stars

• the universe

• the sun

Multiple Choice

What modern day city now sits on what once was Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico?

• Cancun

• Mexico City

• Acapulco

• Oaxaca