The Aztecs

The culture of the Aztecs what influenced by the _____.

• Maya

• Inca

• Egyptians

• Persians

Living in a swampy environment, the Aztecs farmed using

• chinampas

• terraces

• slash-and-burn

• none of these

What was the language of the Aztecs?

• Quechua

• Nahuatl

• Kekchi

• Mam

What factor contributed to the expansion of the Aztec empire?

• farming

• negotiations

• war

• their pure awesomeness

What did the Aztecs believe about their emperor?

• He was reincarnated from a noble.

• He was the embodiment of the sun god.

• He was appointed by the gods.

• He was the best ball player.

Where did the Aztecs primarily get their sacrifice victims?

• volunteers

• prisoners of war

• criminals

• the Spanish

To feed the god of war, the Aztecs sacrificed as many as ____________ people a year.

• 8,000

• 12,000

• 15,000

• 20,000

Which two Aztec gods depended on one another (and the human blood from Aztec sacrifice rituals) to survive?

• sun god and war god

• water god and sun god

• war god and water god

To get to and from the city, the Aztecs built ________. To transport produce, they built ________.

• causeways; chinampas

• canals; causeways

• causeways; canals

• chinampas; canals

Which was NOT a factor in the fall of the Aztec Empire?

• The Spanish had better weapons and brought disease, like smallpox.

• The Aztecs believed Cortez to be their god Quetzalcoatl returned to them.

• Cortez was able to recruit all of the enemies of the Aztecs to help bring them down.

• Moctezuma II lost his big feathered hat during the festival of the Great Dragon's Bar Mitzvah.