BrainPop: Aztec Civilization

What did the various groups that made up the Aztec Empire have in common?

• They were all wiped out by Maya invaders.

• They all spoke the Nahuatl language.

• They all came from the same local area.

• They all worshipped a single god.

The city of Tenochtitlan was located atop what geographical feature?

• A Lake

• A mountain

• A desert

• A volcano

Why was Tenochtitlan chosen as the capital of the Aztec Empire?

• It was the oldest of the various city-states comprising the empire

• It was located close to the exact geographic center of the empire

• It had the best transportation and sanitation services around

• It was the home of the Mexicas, the most powerful society in the empire

Why did the Aztecs sacrifice human beings?

• To scare neighboring tribes

• To punish people who'd fought against the Aztecs

• To appease their gods

• To prevent explosive population growth

Conquered people had to pay tributes to the Aztec emperor. This practice was most similar to which of the following?

• Composing a song or poem that celebrates the President of the United States

• Paying federal income taxes every year

• Donating to a food drive at a church or synagogue

• Participating in a charity basketball game to benefit a local hospital

How did the Aztecs and the conquistadors differ in their treatment of conquered people?

• The Aztecs included conquered people in their empire; the conquistadors destroyed the societies they conquered

• The conquistadors established a more complex system of taxation than the Aztecs did

• The Aztecs were peaceful and uninterested in conquest; conquistadors acted with much violence

• The conquistadors spread democracy to the people they conquered; the Aztecs didn't

Which of the following is most closely associated with tlachtli?

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You're the chief of a small tribe that has just been absorbed into the Aztec Empire. Which of the following is most likely to occur?

• An Aztec warrior takes over your tribe

• You're ordered to give Moctezuma II one-third of all your crops

• Your priests are ordered to stop worshipping the local gods

• All of your tribe's men are killed

Why did Moctezuma II give gifts to Hernan Cortes and his men?

• To forge a new alliance with Spain

• To convince them to live in Tenochtitlan

• To encourage them to leave peacefully

• To repay an existing debt

What did the Spanish have that the Aztecs didn't?

• A highly advanced culture

• Many thousands of soldiers

• Intense faith in their religion

• Immune resistance to smallpox