TCI Lesson 17: the Aztec 5th grade

Multiple Choice

A pilgrimage site for Aztecs, was the ruins of a city built by the

• Maya.

• Toltecs.

• Spanish.

• Tetihuacán.

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1. a solid earthen roadway built across water or low ground

Multiple Choice

Which descrip%on best fits the Valley of Mexico, where the Aztec Empire arose?

• dry and barren

• B. fer%le and high

• cold and mountainous

• low and covered with rainforest

Multiple Choice

What does the picture on the Mexican flag symbolize?

• a struggle between the powers of the earth and sky

• the joining of different peoples to make one na%on

• the strength of Aztec armies to conquer their neighbors

• the strength of Aztec armies to conquer their neighbors

Multiple Choice

When the Aztecs fled south from Chapultepec in 1319, how did the Culhuas near their new home respond?

• They paid the Aztecs to fight for them.

• They made the Aztecs farm for them.

• They killed the Aztec chief's daughter.

• They gave the Aztecs most of their land.

Multiple Choice

What was one benefit of seling on land surrounded by Lake Texcoco?

• It had dense forests.

• It had a deep harbor.

• It was easy to defend.

• It was made of volcanic rock.

Multiple Choice

By forming the Triple Alliance, the Aztec leader Itzcoatl was able to

• get his men hired as mercenaries.

• move to southern Mexico.

• free his people from Tepanec rule.

• D. start construc%ng a new city-state.

Multiple Choice

Why did the Aztecs of Tenoch%tlán build chinampas?

• to keep invaders away

• to enlarge their land area

• to get a fresh water supply

• to catch fish for special meals

Multiple Choice

What did the Aztecs build in the center of Tenoch%tlán?

• A. a large plaza where they held special festivals

• a royal palace where government officials lived

• wooden causeways leading in four different direc%ons

• a marketplace where thousands of people came to trade

Multiple Choice

Why did the Aztecs in Tenoch%tlán need the technologies listed below?

• because they lived on islands

• B. because they traveled frequently

• because they ruled a large empire

• because they followed the seasons

Multiple Choice

This pattern of events happened with a number of city-states:

• The Aztecs invited them to be an ally.

• They had 60 days to respond.

• If they refused, the Aztecs declared war.

This process enabled the Aztecs to

• make new alliances.

• experience long periods of peace.

• expand their empire.

• explore different regions.

Multiple Choice

What weakness in the Aztec Empire did the Spanish take advantage of when they invaded Mexico?

• Because the empire remained small, it was easily surrounded.

• Because conquered peoples kept their own customs, the empire lacked unity.

• Because citizens of the empire grew rich, they forgot how to fight.

• Because all the empire worshipped one king, his death ended their religion.

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1. is a Mesoamerican people who built an empire
   in central Mexico that flourished from 1428 to
   1519 C.E.

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1. is the the capital city of the Aztec Empire.

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1. A uniform behavior according to a set of social or cultural rules or beliefs is called

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1. a public square or open area in a city where people gather is called a