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WorksheetsAztec Terminology
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 10mins
According to tradition, Aztecs were directed to find a(n) (a) on a cactus, and to permanently settle there.
What Aztec invention is pictured here?
A Tencohtitlan
An Aquaduct
A Calpolli
A Chinampa
What Aztec structure for transporting water is pictured here?
A Codex
An Aquaduct
A Calmecac
A Calpolli
What is the name of the Aztec capital?
Texcoco
Huitzilopotchli
Tenochtitlan
Aztecia
What was in the very center of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan?
A market
A temple
A chinampa
A calpolli
What is pictured in the very middle of the Great Aztec Calendar?
An Aztec god
An Aztec emperor
An Aztec warrior
An enemy warrior
According to the great stone calendar, the fifth and current era of humans would end by (a) .
What is this Aztec item?
A codex
A chinampa
A telpochcalli
An omen
What type of bird feathers were vert valuable in trade, and used in Aztec headdresses?
Ocelot
Parrot
Quetzal
Tucan
What is the name of the Aztec 'Sun God', who directed them to settle Tenochtitlan?
Huitzilopotchli
Quetzalcoatl
Montezuma
Tlaloc
What Aztec class is missing from the purple section?
Artisans
Clergy
The Great Speaker
Government Officials
Which of these is NOT a role of the Aztec emperor?
Chief Priest
Chief of Justice
Commander of the army
Head of state
What type of Aztec school was taught using ONLY spoken oral language?
A chinampa
A calpolli
A calmecac
A telpochcalli
What was a semi-self governed Aztec "neighborhood" called?
A chinampa
A calpolli
A calmecac
A codice
Which calpolli in Aztec society would be considered the most wealthy?
Artisans
Farmers
Merchants
Soldiers
Name any one of the five 'virtues of an ideal Aztec citizen' from our textbook reading.
(a)
Which was NOT a way that people could become slaves in Aztec society?
They were born into slavery
The could sell themselves into it
As punishment for crimes
They were a captured prisoner of war
