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

barter, or trading one good for another

Why did Aztec markets have guards and judges?

to make sure sellers behaved honestly

What was the difference between Aztec farmers and peasants?

Farmers belonged to a ward that lent farmland peasants worked for nobles

How might someone become the Aztec emperor?

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

Why did the Aztecs call themselves the “people of the sun”?

Their chief god was the sun god

Which statement is true of Aztec marriages?

A woman could ask for a divorce

The pochteca, or professional traders, had many privileges. This suggests that the Aztecs

valued rare goods from faraway places

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7th Grade Ch. 24 Quiz!

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1
Which group within Aztec society studied the sky, ran schools, & predicted the future?
peasants
commoners
priests
judges
2
Which of these was a task of Aztec men?
tending the garden
building the house
weaving cloth
preparing meals
3
The game patolli involved beans, colored stones, and a board with 52 squares. To move 260 times around the board refers
to a famous Aztec battle
toa journey throughout Aztec lands
tothe origin of the Aztec people
to the Aztec calendar
4
What was the usual way to buy and sell goods in an Aztec market?
money, or using gold and silver coins
donation, or freely giving goods to others
barter, or trading one good for another
credit, or agreeing to make a later payment
5
What animals did some Aztec families raise?
goats
turkeys
sheep
horses
6
The Aztecs sacrificed birds and humans because they believed the god Huitzilopochtli
built with bones and feathers
hated most living things
required suffering
needed blood for nourishment
7
Why did Aztec markets have guards and judges?
to prevent foreign goods from being sold
to collect taxes on every purchase
to keep the best goods for the royal family
to make sure sellers behaved honestly
8
What would an Aztec commoner boy be most likely to study at school?
the movements of the planets
how to build pyramids
how to be a soldier
the arts of neighboring cultures
9
The ball game tlachtli, which served a religious purpose, was played mostly by
prisoners of war
professional athletes
members of the nobility
children of farmers
10
What was the difference between Aztec farmers and peasants?
Farmers belonged to a ward that lent farmland peasants worked for nobles
Farmers free from paying tax/tribute; peasants pay half their earnings
Farmers lived together in large stone lodges peasants in separate mud huts
Farmers see men and women equally; peasants respect women more than men
11
The groups of nobles are the priests, government officials, and
military leaders
traders
foreigners
skilled craftsmen
12
How might someone become the Aztec emperor?
by being chosen by a group of advisers after his uncle died
by seizing the position after his army killed the emperor
by replacing his emperor father when he turned 16
by inheriting the position from his mother's father
13
Why did the Aztecs call themselves the “people of the sun”?
The nobles could relax in the sun
The sun dried out their crops
Their chief god was the sun god
The peasants often got sunburned
14
Which statement is true of Aztec marriages?
A man could have only one wife
Weddings were usually secret
A woman could ask for a divorce
The couple chose the matchmaker
15
The pochteca, or professional traders, had many privileges. This suggests that the Aztecs
believed that merchants were semidivine
valued rare goods from faraway places
respected people who made a lot of money
honored people who spoke many languages
16
What was an Aztec farmer most likely to eat?
winged ants
corn tortillas
fresh peaches
oat porridge

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