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The Aztec Civilization
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This is the review quiz to assess my students readiness to take their Aztec Common Assessment.
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1
Aztec warriors used many weapons in battle. Which was their primary weapon?
A wooden lance.
A bow and arrows tipped with jade.
A heavy wooden club spiked with razor sharp obsidian blades.
A spear tipped with an iron blade.
2
Which one of the following is
NOT
a beast of burden?
Chicken
Horse
Camel
Cow
3
The Aztecs were the first great civilization of the Americas.
False
True
4
Aztlan was the Aztec homeland, oral tradition places Aztlan in the southwestern United States.
True
False
5
Winners of the Aztecs ceremonial ball game would be sacrificed to the gods.
False
True
6
Aztec agriculture relied upon
this
major crop.
Rice (arooz)
Corm (maize)
Wheat (trigo)
Potato (patata)
7
Who was responsible for running the day to day operations of the Aztec Empire?
A council of nobles.
A head priest.
A prime minister.
The emperor.
8
The Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan was located...
Along the Rio Grande, inthe American southwest
Along the Pacific Ocean
In the Valley of Mexico between mountain ranges
Along the Gulf of Mexico
9
Community organization of Aztec society and government was known as the:
Tulailup
Tlaxcala
Quetzalcoatl
Calpulli
10
Aztec poet warriors, such as Emperor
Nezahualcoyotl
, were much like...
Islamic Caliphs
Japanese Samurai
African Chiefs
Roman Emperors
11
Aztec oral traditions refer to their people by what name?
Mexica
Tlaxcala
Chicomoztoc
"The Dog People"
12
The purpose of an Aztec Calendar stone was:
To determined schedule of planting harvest war & sacrifice..
To determine when the Aztecs should invade their neighbors.
To determine when the Aztecs should move to a new territory.
To determine when the season is right for eating cheese.
13
What must and Aztec Emperor do once he assumes the throne?
Go to war.
Sacrifice a slave.
Choose a government.
Marry a queen.
14
Which level of Aztec society is located right under the Emperor?
Merchants
Priests
Slaves
Warriors
15
In the year One Reed or the 1519 in the Christian calendar the emperor of the Aztec empire was:
Quetzalcoatl
Nezahualcoyotl
Huitzilopochtli
Moctezuma
16
Aztecs performed human sacrifice because:
Their religious rituals demanded it.
All of these reasons and more that are not mentioned.
It helped them maintain control of the conquered people.
It struck fear into their enemies.
17
The Aztec capital city was known as:
Chicomoztoc
Tlaxcala
Timbuktu
Tenotchtitlan
18
What is another name for an Aztec merchant?
A pochteca
A chicomez
A tlatoani
A nezetuka
19
Aztecs often used chocolate for what?
Dessert
Weapons
Currency
Aztecs didn't have chocolate.
20
What do you think IX CH'AM CHAN K'AK means (use codex)?
Woman scatters sky with fire.
Woman with snake counts to twenty.
Woman grabs snake and sets it on fire.
Woman grabs sky and gives it to the sun.
21
Aztec soldiers often times would sell their services as:
Weapon builders
Ambassadors
Mercenaries
Peacekeepers
22
Aztec farmers created floating gardens called:
chinampas
causeways
chicomoztoc
calpulli
23
A causeway can best described as:
A raised roadway built over lake waters.
Farmlands extending into Lake Texcoco.
Waterways dug out allowing boats to move between islands.
A temple located in the middle of the city.
24
Aztec migration took place between 1034 & 1325 C.E. and they settled along the Gulf of Mexico.
True
False
25
What was the sign that the Mexica were looking for that was given to them by Huitzilopochtli?
an eagle on a cactus.
A human heart.
A humming bird.
A snake.
