The pochteca, professional traders, had many privileges. Why?

Aztecs valued rare goods from faraway places.

What was the difference between Aztec farmers & peasants?

Farmers borrowed land from wards; peasants worked for nobles

Why did Aztec markets have guards and judges?

to make sure sellers behaved honestly

What was the usual way to buy and sell goods in an Aztec market?

barter, or trading one good for another

How might someone become the Aztec emperor?

by being chosen by a group of advisers after his uncle died

Which statement is true of Aztec marriages?

A woman could ask for a divorce.

Why did the Aztecs call themselves the "people of the sun"?

Their chief god was the sun god.

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Caldeira - SS Chapter 25 - Daily Life in Tenochtitlan

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1
The Aztecs sacrificed birds and humans because they believed the god Huitzilopochtli?
needed blood for nourishment
hated most living things
built with bones & feathers
required suffering
2
Which group of nobles belongs in the empty oval?
foreigners
military leaders
skilled craftsmen
traders
3
The pochteca, professional traders, had many privileges. Why?
Aztecs valued rare goods from faraway places.
Aztecs respected people who made a lot of money.
Aztecs honored people who spoke many langauges.
Aztecs believed merchants were semi-divine
4
What animals did some Aztec families raise?
sheep
horses
turkeys
goats
5
What was the difference between Aztec farmers & peasants?
Farmers were free from tax/tribute; peasants paid 50% income
Farmers treated all equally; peasants honored women over men
Farmers lived together in stone lodges; peasants in mud huts
Farmers borrowed land from wards; peasants worked for nobles
6
Which of these was a task of Aztec men?
preparing meals
tending the garden
weaving cloth
building the house
7
The ball game tlachtli, which served a religious purpose, was played mostly by:
professional athletes
prisoners of war
members of the nobility
children of farmers
8
Why did Aztec markets have guards and judges?
to prevent foreign goods from being sold
to keep the best goods for the royal family
to collect taxes on every purchase
to make sure sellers behaved honestly
9
What was the usual way to buy and sell goods in an Aztec market?
barter, or trading one good for another
money, or using gold and silver coins
donation, or freely giving goods to others
credit, or agreeing to make a later payment
10
Which group within the Aztecs studied the sky, ran schools, & predicted the future?
priests
commoners
judges
peasants
11
Moving 5 times around the patolli board represented 260 days, a reference to:
a journey throughout Aztec lands
the origin of the Aztec people
a famous Aztec battle
the Aztec calendar
12
How might someone become the Aztec emperor?
by replacing his emperor father when he turned 16
by inheriting the position from his mother's father
by being chosen by a group of advisers after his uncle died
by seizing the position after his army killed the emperor
13
Which statement is true of Aztec marriages?
A woman could ask for a divorce.
A man could have only one wife.
The couple chose the matchmaker.
Weddings were usually secret.
14
What would a common Aztec boy most likely study at school?
the arts of neighboring cultures
how to be a soldier
how to build pyramids
the movements of the planets
15
What was an Aztec farmer most likely to eat?
oat porridge
fresh peaches
winged ants
corn tortillas
16
Why did the Aztecs call themselves the "people of the sun"?
The peasants got sunburned.
The nobles could relax in the sun.
Their chief god was the sun god.
The sun dried out their crops.

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