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Aztec Terminology

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to tradition, Aztecs were directed to find a(n) (a)   on a cactus, and to permanently settle there.

2.

What Aztec invention is pictured here?

a)

A Tencohtitlan

b)

An Aquaduct

c)

A Calpolli

d)

A Chinampa

3.

What Aztec structure for transporting water is pictured here?

a)

A Codex

b)

An Aquaduct

c)

A Calmecac

d)

A Calpolli

4.

What is the name of the Aztec capital?

a)

Texcoco

b)

Huitzilopotchli

c)

Tenochtitlan

d)

Aztecia

5.

What was in the very center of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan?

a)

A market

b)

A temple

c)

A chinampa

d)

A calpolli

6.

What is pictured in the very middle of the Great Aztec Calendar?

a)

An Aztec god

b)

An Aztec emperor

c)

An Aztec warrior

d)

An enemy warrior

7.

According to the great stone calendar, the fifth and current era of humans would end by (a)   .

8.

What is this Aztec item?

a)

A codex

b)

A chinampa

c)

A telpochcalli

d)

An omen

9.

What type of bird feathers were vert valuable in trade, and used in Aztec headdresses?

a)

Ocelot

b)

Parrot

c)

Quetzal

d)

Tucan

10.

What is the name of the Aztec 'Sun God', who directed them to settle Tenochtitlan?

a)

Huitzilopotchli

b)

Quetzalcoatl

c)

Montezuma

d)

Tlaloc

11.

What Aztec class is missing from the purple section?

a)

Artisans

b)

Clergy

c)

The Great Speaker

d)

Government Officials

12.

Which of these is NOT a role of the Aztec emperor?

a)

Chief Priest

b)

Chief of Justice

c)

Commander of the army

d)

Head of state

13.

What type of Aztec school was taught using ONLY spoken oral language?

a)

A chinampa

b)

A calpolli

c)

A calmecac

d)

A telpochcalli

14.

What was a semi-self governed Aztec "neighborhood" called?

a)

A chinampa

b)

A calpolli

c)

A calmecac

d)

A codice

15.

Which calpolli in Aztec society would be considered the most wealthy?

a)

Artisans

b)

Farmers

c)

Merchants

d)

Soldiers

16.

Name any one of the five 'virtues of an ideal Aztec citizen' from our textbook reading.

(a)  

17.

Which was NOT a way that people could become slaves in Aztec society?

a)

They were born into slavery

b)

The could sell themselves into it

c)

As punishment for crimes

d)

They were a captured prisoner of war