U7L27 - The Aztecs

What kind of animal do you see in the center of this drawing about Aztec life?

• bull

• eagle

• fish

• horse

Aztecs believed that an eagle was

• a god who would watch over and protect the Aztec people.

• an omen signaling that Europeans would destroy their civilization.

• a sign from the gods, telling them where to build their city.

• the reincarnation of their first king.

The city that the Aztecs built on an island in Lake Texcoco was called

• Tenochtitlán.

• Aztlán.

• Teotihuacán.

• Quetzalcoatl.

How did the Aztecs live before building their city on the island in Lake Texcoco?

• They were traders along the Silk Road.

• They were farmers on the Yucatán Peninsula.

• They were fishermen along the Gulf of Mexico.

• They were wandering hunter-gatherers.

What is this eagle perching on?

• a long snake

• his wings

• a prickly pear cactus

• the sun

What event does this image commemorate?

• the adopting of Quetzalcoatl as one of the Aztec's gods

• the destruction of the Aztec Empire by Europeans

• the founding of the shrine to Huitzilopochtli

• the legendary founding of the Aztec empire

What means "the place of the fruit of the prickly pear cactus"?

• Aztlán

• Tenochtitlán

• Quetzalcoatl

• Teotihuacán

In which part of Mexico did the Aztecs build their empire?

• in Baja California

• in the Chiapas highlands

• in the Valley of Mexico

• in the Yucatán Peninsula

Which city on this map was the capital city of the Toltecs?

• Chapultepec

• Tenochtitlán

• Teotihuacán

• Tollán

Which location on this map shows the place where the Aztecs began building their great city in 1325 C.E.?

• Teotihuacán

• Chapultepec

• Tollán

• Tenochtitlán