Aztec Society & Settlement

What did the Aztecs do to appease their gods?

• Burning neighbouring houses
• Trying to kill the leader
• Human sacrifice
• Naming your child after their god

What group was at the bottom of the social pyramid?

• slaves
• farmers
• merchants
• warriors

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 nation
• the strength of Aztec armies to conquer their neighbors
• a legend about how Aztecs knew where to build their city

Which group within Aztec society did the tasks listed below?
• studied the sky
• ran schools
• predicted the future 

• priests
• judges
• peasants 
• commoners 

Why did the Aztecs call themselves the “people of the sun”? 

• The peasants often got sunburned.
• Their chief god was the god of the sun and war
• The sun dried out their crops
• The nobles could relax in the sun

The Aztecs sacrificed thousands of people a year.

• True
• False

The Aztecs believed that many gods controlled nature and human activities.

• True
• False

The Aztec people could move from one social class to another

• True
• False

Temples were found in all Aztec cities. They were used as ________.

• places of rest
• Tombs and places of sacrifice
• holiday houses
• military training grounds

There were two shrines at the top of the temple. These shrines were dedicated to _______.

• The Sun God and the Rain God
• The Goddess of Love and the Rain God
• For the Goddess of the Sun and the God of Rain
• The GOd of Love and the Goddess of Rain