Aztec Empire and Society

How did an Aztec bride get from her home to the home of the groom during the marriage ceremony?

• She was carried on a seat much like a throne

• She had to walk the full distance

• She was carried by her father or eldest male family member

• She was rowed in a canoe by a noble in the ward of her family

• She was carried on the back of the matchmaker

The term tlatoani refers to

• the school commoners went to

• the ruler or "he who speaks"

• the meal Aztecs would have in the morning

• another name for peasants in the Aztec empire

The emperor gained his position through

• war

• competition

• appointment

• inheretance

This position in Aztec society was inhereted.

• ruler

• noble

• commoner

• peasant

• slave

Early civilizations in Mesoamerica that most influenced the Aztecs were

• The Toltec and the Maya

• The Toltec and the Olmec

• The Inca and the Maya

• The Toltec and the Teotihuacan

• The Teotihuacan and the Tenochtitlan

The Aztecs used chinampas to

• honor the gods

• the garden

• the travel to far away places

• to house animals

For the first 100 years that the Aztecs were in the valley of Mexico they served as

• mercenaries

• slaves

• peasant farmers

• pochteca

The Triple Alliance was

• a group merchants in the valley of Mexico that controlled trade

• the three civilizations who worked as mercenaries to protect the Aztec empire

• was between Tenochtitlan and two other city-states who rebelled against the Tepanecs

• The three most important gods in the Aztec religion

According to Aztec legend the gods sent and eagle to perch on a prickly pear with a snake in its beak to

• warn them of a dangerous enemies in the area

• to show them where they should settle

• to show them the power of the gods

• to warn them of future events that only the priests could interpret

The calmecac was

• a type of food the Aztecs ate

• the name of the Aztec's main god

• The school which the nobles' sons attended

• the name of the ball game played by nobles