Life in Tenochtitlan Review

1. What was the usual way to buy and sell goods in an Aztec market?

• 1. money, or using gold and silver coins
     

• 1. barter, or trading one good for another
     

• 1. dona􏰀on, or freely giving goods to others

• 0. credit, or agreeing to make a later payment

1. How might someone become the Aztec emperor?

• 1. by replacing his emperor father when he turned 16

• 1. by inheriting the position from his mother's father

• 1. by seizing the position after his army killed the emperor

• 1. by being chosen by a group of advisers after his uncle died

1. Which group of nobles belongs in the empty oval?

• 0. traders

• 0. foreigners

• 0. military leaders

• 0. skilled craftsmen

5. The pochteca, or professional traders, had many privileges. This suggests that the Aztecs...

• 0. valued rare goods from faraway places.

• 0. believed that merchants were semidivine.

• 0. respected people who made a lot of money.

• 0. honored people who spoke many languages.

5. What was the difference between Aztec farmers and peasants?

• 5. Farmers lived together in large stone lodges; peasants had separate mud huts.

• 5. Farmers belonged to a ward that lent them land to farm; peasants worked for nobles.

• 5. Farmers were free from paying tax or tribute; peasants had to pay half their earnings.

• 5. Farmers gave equal status to men and women; peasants respected women more than men.

5. Which statement is true of Aztec marriages?

• 5. Weddings were usually secret.

• 5. A man could have only one wife.

• 5. A woman could ask for a divorce.

• 5. The couple chose the matchmaker.

5. What would an Aztec commoner boy be most likely to study at school?

• 0. how to be a soldier

• 0. how to build pyramids

• 0. the movements of the planets

• 0. the arts of neighboring cultures

5. What animals did some Aztec families raise?

• 5. goats

• 0. sheep

• 0. horses

• 0. turkeys

5. Why did the Aztecs call themselves the “people of the sun”?

• 5. The peasants often got sunburned.

• 5. Their chief god was the sun god.

• 5. The sun dried out their crops.

• 0. The nobles could relax in the sun.

13. Why did Aztec markets have guards and judges?

• 13. to collect taxes on every purchase

• 13. to make sure sellers behaved honestly

• 13. to prevent foreign goods from being sold

• 13. to keep the best goods for the royal family