Aztec Civilization

How did the Aztec civilization end?

• When Moctezuma died, they didn't have a leader so they went away to other lands.

• By the Spanish conquer, Hernan Cortes, small pox, and help from an enemy tribe, Taxcallan.

The Aztecs settled on a lake called:

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

The Aztecs believed in human sacrifice because:

• They were evil
• they believed it would please their gods
• they hated blood

The Aztecs built Chinampas. What were they?

• Mexica food
• floating gardens
• pyramids

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

• Valdez
• Cortez City
• Mexico City

The Aztecs

• spoke Nahuatl

• spoke Spanish

• spoke English

• spoke Quechua

What was the capitol of the Aztec empire?

• Tenochan

• Tenochtitlan

• Miamoi

• Mexico city

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

• Michigan
• Tenochtitlan
• Texcoco
• Mexico

The disease that killed 1/3 and weakened the Aztecs was called  ______.

• the flu
• stomach bug
• tonsilitis
• small pox

Because of the lack of available farmland, the Aztecs built _________________

• causeways.
• chinampas. (floating gardens)
• irrigation canals.
• terraces.