Maya, Aztec, and Inca Pretest

What were chinampas?

Coatlicue was an Aztec goddess and had a double head of two snakes facing each other, and also snakes for arms, jaguar feet and a necklace of hearts and skulls.

What did poor Aztec families sometimes do in order to get some money?

The Aztecs believed that it was a great thing to die in battle.

When warriors had run out of food, what would they eat?

Where would the Aztecs bury a dead member of their family?

What were Aztec children often told to collect in the fields?

What was the punishment for a poor person caught wearing clothes that only the rich were allowed to wear?

Only warriors that had killed a man in battle were allowed to have long hair.

When Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes arrived, the Aztecs believed he was Quetzalcoatl, a god who would bring peace to Mexico (some hope!). What did “Quetzalcoatl” mean?