The Aztec Civilization Quiz

What were chinampas?

• Written books

• Floating gardens

• Aztec calendars

• Warriors who conquered neighboring tribes

When did the Aztecs live in Mexico and Central America?

• 200 BC - 1000 AD

• 500 BC - 150 AD

• 1200 AD - 1521 AD

• 1500 AD - 1923 AD

Which city was the capital of the Aztec empire?

• Tenochtitlan

• Cuzco

• Chichen itza

• Texcoco

What two ways did Aztecs use cacao beans?

• for money

• burned for incense

• to make tortillas

• to make chocolate

The Aztecs settled on a lake called:

• Lake Texcoco
• Lake of the Aztec
• Land o Lakes
• Lake Tenochtitlan

The conquered city of Tenochtitlan is now the modern day city of:

• Valdez
• Cortez City
• Mexico City
• Chichen Itza

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

What is a tribute?

• A dedication

• A payment demanded by the Aztecs from the people they conquered

• The capital of the Aztec Empire

• Raised roads across water or wet ground

What are causeways?

• Floating gardens used for farming

• Payment demanded by the Aztecs from the people they conquered

• The Aztec Empire's capital

• Raised roads across water or wet ground

Who was Moctezuma ?

• a Spanish conquistador

• the Aztec emperor

• a Spanish conquerer

• the Aztec priest