Aztec Assessment

What was the capital city of the Aztec Empire?

• Mixtec

• Tenochtitlan

• Tlaxcala

• Zapotec

What are some examples of crops that the Aztecs grew?

• Mangoes

• Limes and Lemons

• Beans, Squash, avocados, corn

• Apples and Oranges

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

• Michigan
• Tenochtitlan
• Texcoco
• Mexico

The Aztec Empire was located in central ___________.

• Asia

• Mexico

• Panama

• Cuba

Chinampas are...

• floating gardens

• roadways

• Crops

• gods

According to Aztec legend, they build their capital city where they saw _____.

• A bird on a wire

• A gopher eating a turtle

• An eagle on a cactus

• A snake eating an eagle

Building chinampas allowed the Aztec to

• farm in swamp land

• defeat the other city-states

• carve skulls into stone wall

• create intricate green masks

What does the picture on the Mexican flag represent?

• The struggles between the powers of the earth and the sky

• the joining of people

• the strength of the Aztec aremies to conquer their neighbors

• a legend about how Aztecs knew where to settle, build a great city and live

The Aztecs believed in human sacrifice because they thought it would please their gods.

• True

• False

The Aztec built causeways around their city. What are causeways?

• race tracks

• roads built over water

• fences

• floating gardens