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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Where was the Aztec civilization located?
Central Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
South America, mostly Peru
When the Aztec arrived in Central Mexico the area was
dominated by city-states
dominated by the Maya
Empty, ready for them to build a grand empire
a wall of skulls
What were chinampas?
the name for Aztec city-states
people who lived in Tenochtitlan
farmlands built in the swamps where the Aztec settled
walls of skulls at temples
The Aztec civilization had a class structure
True
False
Building chinampas allowed the Aztec to
farm in swamp land
defeat the other city-states
carve skulls into stone wall
create intricate green masks
What is the name of the lake where the Aztec settled?
Lake Texcoco
Lake Tahoe
Lake Templo
Lake Cusco
The Aztec
Were skilled warriors
Were skilled llama herders
Were skilled swimmers
All of the Above
YOU CAN PICK MULTIPLE ANSWERS. How were the Aztec able to create an empire?
They were skilled warriors
They made an alliance and used their allies to control the area
They ruled from Machu Picchu
They had government officials keep order and enforce taxes
What's the name of the Aztec Capital?
Texcoco
Chinapa
Templo Mayor
Tenochtitlan
The name for a government official who works to carry out the business of the government is
conquistador
codex
glyph
bureaucrat
A city with its surrounding territory forms an independent state is
a city state
a chinapas
a temple
a city capital
How many people lived in the Aztec empire at its height?
6000
6 million
200,000
2 million
Most Aztecs belonged to which class?
emperor
priests
warriors
commoners
Who was the most powerful person in Aztec culture?
The Emperor
The Priest
The person who made the sacrifices at the temple
The Warrior
The Aztecs
spoke Nahuatl
spoke Spanish
spoke English
spoke Quechua
We know the Aztec were ____ because they worshipped over 1,000 gods.
monotheistic
polytheistic
Muslim
Beliebers (fans of Justin Bieber)
Teotihuacan was sacred because
the Aztec believed it was the place of the birth of the gods
it had many religious temples
it had temples dedicated to the sun and the moon
all of the above
What was one reason the Aztec became weak?
they demanded high tributes that city-states couldn't and wouldn't pay
the chinampas fell apart
too much money was spent on the Templo Mayor
all of the above
Who was Moctezuma II?
Spanish conqueror who was greedy for gold and riches from Central and South America
An important Aztec priest
Aztec ruler who considered himself equal with the gods. The ruler when Hernan Cortes first arrived.
Aztec leader who built Tenochititlan
What is one way we know about the legacy of the Aztec civilization?
the Aztec made codices (like books) with glyphs describing their history
The Spanish were very careful with Aztec goods and artifacts and have preserved them
Carvings in caves
Moctezuma II's Instagram
