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- 1. Multiple Choice
What was a success of the Aztec Empire?
legal system
agricultural output
suspension bridges
defeating the Spanish
- 2. Multiple Choice
What present-day country is the Aztec Empire located in?
Mexico
Peru
Guatemala
Chile
- 3. Multiple Choice
What did the Aztecs build to help them trade and travel on Tenochtitlan's island?
suspension briges
causeways
chinampas
step terraces
- 4. Multiple Choice
What landform was the city of Tenochtitlan built on?
Mount Orizaba
Yucatan Peninsula
Lake Texcoco
Andes Mountains
- 5. Multiple Choice
What body of water was to the east of the Aztec Empire?
Gulf of Mexico
Lake Texcoco
Pacific Ocean
Rio Grande River
- 6. Multiple Choice
What did the Aztecs use when farming? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
terraces
chinampas
steel plows
slash and burn
- 7. Multiple Choice
What landform was Tenochtitlan constructed on?
peninsula
island
river
mountain
- 8. Multiple Choice
The culture of the Aztec Empire was based around which geographic form?
The Andes Mountains
The Gulf of Mexico
The Valley of Mexico
The Yucatan Peninsula
- 9. Multiple Choice
Select all that apply: How did slaves become slaves in Aztec society?
By selling themselves into slavery to repay debts
When they were chosen by the Gods
If they were the sons and daughters of slaves
As punishments for committing certain crimes
- 10. Multiple Choice
Select all that apply: What were some of the emperor's main duties?
deciding what tributes were to be paid by conquered lands
when to go to war
when to worship the gods
when the people were supposed to eat
- 11. Multiple Choice
The Macehualtin class (or the common people) included warriors, craftsmen, and ____________.
Priests
Slaves
Nobles
Farmers
- 12. Multiple Choice
The Tecuhtli, or noble class directly below the emperor, had complete control over their cities as long as they did what?
Cultivated the land as they wished
Received a formal education
served the emperor as warriors
paid tribute to the emperor
- 13. Multiple Choice
The Aztec education system was unique because even ___________________ were expected to be given an education, who many other societies excluded from education.
girls and slaves
slaves and wealthy
kings and nobles
- 14. Multiple Choice
The two most common ways to move higher in social rank were joining the:
Military
Slave Trade
Priesthood
Farming sector
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of the following groups of individuals would have had the highest social status in the Aztec Empire?
Farmers
Priests
Artisans
Scribes
- 16. Multiple Choice
The Aztecs chose their leaders by a council consisting of which of the following?
nobles
merchants
farmers
artisans
- 17. Multiple Choice
The Aztec Empire was formed after the ___________ people formed the Triple Alliance with two city-states.
Hohokam
Mayan
Mexica
Incan
- 18. Multiple Choice
People in Aztec society had clearly defined roles. Aztec society was organized into groups called what?
Codex
Tributes
Calpulli
Fiefs
- 19. Multiple Choice
One factor that allowed Hernan Cortes to freely enter Tenochtitlan was that the Aztecs ___________.
were suffering from a famine
believed that he was the god Quetzalcoatl
were rebelling against Montezuma
made a treaty with the Spanish
- 20. Multiple Choice
After the defeat of the Aztec Empire, what happened to the city of Tenochtitlan?
It was destroyed and then rebuilt as the capital of New Spain (Mexico City).
It was burned to the ground and destroyed to serve as an example to other cities in order to stop them from fighting back against the Spanish.
It was made into a Spanish military base only occupied by Spanish soldiers.
It was returned to Aztec control permanently
- 21. Multiple Choice
How were they Spanish able to defeat the Aztecs, even though they had less people?
Advanced weaponry
Overextension
A surprise attack
The Spanish were stronger
- 22. Multiple Choice
What was the most devastating disease that the Spanish brought to the Aztecs?
Measles
Malaria
Ebola
Smallpox
- 23. Multiple Choice
The Spanish were able to take Tenochtitlan easily after ____________.
the Aztecs’ enemies joined them in fighting
a smallpox epidemic took hold of the city
the majority of the population fled
Montezuma was removed from power
- 24. Multiple Choice
What did European countries begin to do in the Americas (after Mesoamerica fell)?
Invade for natural resources
Colonize
Restore
Sell land
- 25. Multiple Choice
What were common art themes in the Aztec Empire?
Rhinos, elephants, eagles, sharks, whales
Men, women, babies
Flowers, rocks, trees, grass
Jaguars, dogs, ducks, monkeys, snakes, deer
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which two of the following foods were introduced to the world by the Aztecs?
popcorn
coffee
cinnamon
chocolate
- 27. Multiple Choice
The Aztecs had a very strong oral storytelling tradition. Which event caused more Aztec stories to be written down?
Wars with the Incans and Mayans
The building of Tenochtitlan
Religious sacrifices
Spanish invasion and introduction of the Latin Alphabet
- 28. Multiple Choice
The Aztecs contributed to the field of astronomy with the development of _____.
calendars
compasses
telescopes
almanacs
- 29. Multiple Choice
The Aztec number system used which number as its base?
10
20
50
100
- 30. Multiple Choice
Aztec art included architecture. Aztec carpenters and stonecutters built what kind of stone temples?
Castles
Pyramids
Monasteries
Churches
- 31. Multiple Choice
How did the Aztecs learn the skills from people all over the Empire?
the large trading network
slaves from war brought skills
the sacrifices to the Gods were successful
the Aztecs paid others to teach them
- 32. Multiple Choice
Due to the Aztec's values, they sent their children where?
War
Home
Farms
School
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