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Aztecs: Daily Life in Tenochtitlan
Aztecs: Daily Life in Tenochtitlan
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Which group in Aztec society did these tasks studied the sky, ran schools, predicted the future
commoners
priests
peasants
judges
2
When the Aztecs conquered another people group they required them to pay a tax called
causeways
tribute
chinampas
trade
3
The capital of the Aztec empire was called
Culhuacan
Mesoamerica
Tenochtitlan
Chapultepec
4
The Aztecs sacrificed birds and humans because they believed the god Huitzilopochtli...
hated most living things
required suffering
built with bones and feathers
needed blood for nourishment
5
What as the usual way to buy and sell goods in an Aztec Market
donation, or freely giving goods to others
credit, or agreeing to make a payment later
money or gold & silver coins
barter or trading 1 good for another
6
Roads built from the island of Tenochtitlan to the mainland, using posts, rocks and soil.
zenith
causeway
codex
chinampas
7
Hired soldiers
terrorists
nobles
vigilantes
mercenaries
8
What would an Aztec commoner boy be most likely to study at school?
the movements of the planets
how to be a soldier
how to build pyramids
the arts of neighboring cultures
9
What were the 2 influential groups who lived in the Valley of Mexico prior to the Aztec Empire?
the Itzcoatl and the Quetzalcoatl
the Teotihuacans and the Toltecs
the Aztlan and the Tollan
the Tenochtitlan and the Chapultepec
10
The ball game Tlachtli was played mostly by
children of farmers
members of the nobility
professional athletes
prisoners of war
11
Spanish leader who conquered the Aztec
Pizarro
Ponce de Leon
de Soto
Cortes
12
Which is true of Aztec peasants?
respected women more than men
had to pay half their earnings
worked for Nobles
lived in separate mud huts
13
Which of these was a task of Aztec men?
weaving cloth
building the house
preparing meals
tending the garden
14
Why did the Aztec markets have guards and judges?
to collect taxes on every purchase
to keep the best goods for the royal family
to prevent foreign goods from being sold
to make sure sellers behaved honestly
15
Why did the Aztecs call themselves the "people of the sun"?
the sun dried out their crops
the peasants of got sunburned
their chief god was the sun god
the nobles could relax in the sun
16
Patolli game used beans, colored stones, & a board w/ 52 squares. It was a reference to...
the Aztec calendar
the origin of the Aztec people
a journey throughout Aztec lands
a famous Aztec battle
17
What was an Aztec farmer most likely to eat?
winged ants
corn tortillas
oat porridge
fresh peaches
18
Aztec ruler when the Spanish arrived
Huitzilopochtli
Atahuallpa
Montezuma II
Inti
19
How do Aztecs decide who to marry
Parents chose the spouse
man selected the woman
matchmaker
woman selected the man
20
The lake in which the capital city of the Aztec Empire was built.
Lake Mexica
Torch Lake
Lake Texcoco
Lake Victoria
21
The three kinds of nobles are: priests, government officials and....
military leaders
foreigners
traders
skilled craftsmen
22
How might someone become the Aztec emperor?
by seizing the position after his army killed the emperor
by being chosen by a group of advisers after his uncle died
by replacing his emperor father when he turned 16
by inheriting the position from his mother's father
23
Fresh water was transported to Tenochtitlan by this system
copper pipes
wells
aquaducts
irrigation
24
Which is true about Aztec marriage?
a man could have only 1 wife
the couple chose the matchmaker
weddings were usually secret
a woman could ask for a divorce
25
Which is true of Aztec farmers?
gave equal status to men and women
together in large stone lodges
were free from paying tax or tribute
belonged to a ward that lent them land to farm
