Aztec

Where was the Aztec civilization located?

• Central Mexico

• Yucatan Peninsula

• South America, mostly Peru

What is the name of the lake where the Aztec settled?

• Lake Texcoco

• Lake Tahoe

• Lake Templo

• Lake Cusco

What's the name of the Aztec Capital?

• Texcoco

• Chinapa

• Templo Mayor

• Tenochtitlan

Who was Moctezuma II?

• Spanish conqueror who was greedy for gold and riches from Central and South America

• An important Aztec priest

• Aztec ruler who considered himself equal with the gods. The ruler when Hernan Cortes first arrived.

• Aztec leader who built Tenochititlan

Who was Moctezuma II?

• Spanish conqueror who was greedy for gold and riches from Central and South America

• An important Aztec priest

• Aztec ruler who considered himself equal with the gods. The ruler when Hernan Cortes first arrived.

• Aztec leader who built Tenochititlan

The Aztec capital city was built in the middle of Lake __________.

• Michigan
• Tenochtitlan
• Texcoco
• Mexico

The Aztec Empire lived in central ___________.

• Asia

• Mexico

• Panama

• Cuba

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Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs

• Hernan Cortes
• Francisco Pizarro
• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco de Gama

The Aztecs settled where they saw:

• A bird on a wire
• A gopher eating a turtle
• An eagle on a cactus
• A snake eating an eagle

Smallpox was so devastating to the Aztecs and other indigenous tribes because

• they had no immunity or defense against this disease

• they did not have their shots

• they were an especially dirty people who did not believe in bathing

• Smallpox spread faster on their skin than others'