Aztec Study Guide

The Aztecs settled and built their civilization by what lake?

• Lake Clair

• Lake Tempacoco

• Lake Texcoco

• Lake Tenochtitlan

The city of Tenochtitlan is located on what present day city in Mexico?

• Mexico City

• Tijuana

• Merida

• Puebla

Sometimes the tribes that the Aztecs conquered would rebel against them. How did Montezuma II deal with them?

• he would make them leaders of a new tribe

• he would make them become a new tribe

• he would talk it through with them

• he would crush them with brutality

Which one does not belong in the Social structure of the Aztecs?

• Nobles

• merchants

• serfs

• commoners

What people were born into slavery in the Aztec civilization?

• the people who owed money

• the children of slaves

• the commoners

• no one

What are the two ways that the Aztec people could become slaves?

• they were born into slavery

• could be sentenced to slavery as punishment

• could sell themselves to slavery to pay for their debts

• they were picked to be slaves

What is a calpulli?

• groups of families that lived, farmed, and went to school together

• groups of nobles that went to the same school

• groups of farmers that grew the same crops

• warriors that were captured to be human sacrafices

What are two ways slaves could become free?

• slaves could buy back their freedom

• they won their game of Ulama and were set free

• a slave could run away and reach the palace

• the slaves could trade places with someone

Why were the Aztecs ahead of their time when it came to schooling?

• everyone was allowed to go to school

• just the nobles and the merchants were allowed schooling

• the serfs were allowed schooling opposite of the farming season

• the slaves helped build the schools

What are chinampas?

• a slash and burn technique

• crops circles

• floating gardens

• farming technique used to grow on top of the houses