Week of 3/30

Aztec Empire developed in

• North America

• the highlands of central Mexico

• the Bering land bridge

• the Pacific Ocean

bowl shaped area of land

• mountain

• plateau

• basin

• chinapas

The Aztec's capital City

• Waynesville

• Mexico

• Tenochtitlan

• Tikal

What is a Chinampa and what is is used for?

• • artificial floating island used for farming

• type of traditional dance for talking to gods

• A new flavor of food used to fatten the animals

• A magical creature used by nobles to grant wishes

The Aztecs had a powerful

• magical creature

• leader

• army

• weather balloon

Soldiers swung heavy wooden clubs spiked with sharp

• gold blades

• • obsidian blades

• silver blades

• iron blades

Tenochtitlan was built on an island in the middle of

• the Caribbean sea

• The Gulf of Mexico

• Lake Texcoco

• America

A system in which one person from a ruling family has unlimited power.

• republic

• Democracy

• Pizza Party

• absolute monarchy

Once a king died, who helped choose a family member to be the new King?

• Supreme Council of Nobles

• Knights

• the Commoners

• another King

The Aztecs believed in many gods. This meant that they were

• monotheistic

• non-believers

• polytheistic

• christian