Brain Pop Aztec Civilization

What did the various groups that made up the Aztec Empire have in common?

• Many citizens
  They were all wiped out by Maya invaders 
• They all spoke the Nahuatl language
• They all came from the same local area
• They all worshipped a single god

The city of Tenochtitlan was located atop what geographical feature?

• A lake
• A mountain
• A desert
• A volcano

Why was Tenochtitlan chosen as the capital of the Aztec Empire?

• It was the oldest of the various city-states comprising the empire
• It was located close to the exact geographic center of the empire
• It had the best transportation and sanitation services around
• It was the home of the Mexicas, the most powerful society in the empire

Why did the Aztecs sacrifice human beings?

• To scare neighboring tribes
• To punish people who'd fought against the Aztecs
• To appease their gods
• To prevent explosive population growth

Conquered people had to pay tributes to the Aztec emperor. This practice was most similar to which of the following?

• Composing a song or poem that celebrates the President of the United States
• Paying federal income taxes every year
• Donating to a food drive at a church or synagogue
• Participating in a charity basketball game to benefit a local hospital

How did the Aztecs and the conquistadors differ in their treatment of conquered people?

• The Aztecs included conquered people in their empire; the conquistadors destroyed the societies they conquered
• The conquistadors established a more complex system of taxation than the Aztecs did
• The Aztecs were peaceful and uninterested in conquest; conquistadors acted with much violence
• The conquistadors spread democracy to the people they conquered; the Aztecs didn't

Why did Moctezuma II welcome Hernán Cortés when the Spanish conquistadors first arrived?

• He was afraid of the technological superiority of the Spanish
• He wanted to the Spanish to help him conquer neighboring tribes
  
• He believed that Cortés was actually a god in human form
• He believed that Spanish rule would be good for his people

What did the Spanish have that the Aztecs didn't?

• A highly advanced culture
• Many thousands of soldiers
• Intense faith in their religion
• Immune resistance to smallpox