EQ 8.1 Quiz

The upper class in Aztec society was called...

• Pipiltin

• Macehualtin

• Pochteca

• Tlacotin

True or False: Aztec people could switch classes whenever they wanted.

• True

• False

The emperor was called huey tlatoani, meaning "The Great Speaker." This suggests that Aztec society valued...

• Religious ceremony through human sacrifice

• Royalty

• Oral storytelling traditions

• Military service

True or False: Girls could become priests

• True

• False

The most important job for a priest was...

• To pray regularly

• To oversee religious functions

• To advise the emperor

• To offer human sacrifices to the gods

Pochteca means...

• A member of the commoner class

• A long distance trader

• An artisan

• A school teacher

True or False: Tlacotin is the Aztec word for Slave

• True

• False

Schools for children of the nobility were called....

True or False: Members of the Pipiltin were punished more harshly than commoners if they broke the law

• True

• False

The peasant class was called...

• Mayeques

• Commoners

• Calpulli

• Telpochcalli