Aztec Review
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- Q1What were the key factors in the rise of the Aztec Empire?fertile farmland and access to plenty of drinking water and goldvery literate citizens, restricted borders, and tightly enforced lawswar, tribute, and tradegeographic location, large population, and superior weapons30sEditDelete
- Q2A tribute wasthe name given to the ruler of the Aztec Empire.a payment to a more powerful ruler or country.a rare gem found along the shores of Lake Texcoco.a special musical ceremony performed by the citizens of conquered cities.30sEditDelete
- Q3What key roles did many trusted nobles perform for the Aztec emperors?They grew crops on floating gardens.They fought battles with neighboring peoples.They were tax collectors and judges.They controlled trade in the market.30sEditDelete
- Q4Other peoples in the region made alliances with Cortes becausethey could gain wealth by selling their horses to the Spanish.they did not like the harsh rule of the Aztecs.they were interested in moving to Spain.they wanted to adopt the Catholic religion.30sEditDelete
- Q5What great city was built on an island in Lake Texcoco?Machu PicchuPalenqueTenochtitlanCuzco30sEditDelete
- Q6Because of the lack of available farmland, the Aztecs builtterraces.chinampas.causeways.irrigation canals.30sEditDelete
- Q7Which of the following was the correct order of importance of people in Aztec society?merchants and artisans, nobles, warriors and priests, slaves, farmers and laborerswarriors and priests, nobles, merchants and artisans, farmers and laborers, slavesnobles, merchants and artisans, warriors and priests, farmers and laborers, slavesnobles, warriors and priests, merchants and artisans, farmers and laborers, slaves30sEditDelete
- Q8Which of the following were part of Aztec culture?stories about the ancestorsAll of the abovewritten records of historical eventsfine speeches and riddles30sEditDelete
- Q9A goal of the conquistadors wasto convert the natives to Catholicism.to kill the Maya kings.to rescue people who were going to be sacrificed.to colonize the Americas.30sEditDelete
- Q10How did Moctecezuma II treat the Spanish?He demanded that they leave their horses outside Tenochtitlan.He welcomed them.He worshipped them.He attacked them.30sEditDelete
- Q11The Spanish won allies in the Americas because other native peoplesresented the harsh Aztec rule.wanted a share of the Aztec gold.were afraid of disease.thought Cortes was Quetzecotl.30sEditDelete
- Q12The Aztecs built their capital city on a(n) ____________________ in central Mexico.islandmountain30sEditDelete
- Q13The Aztec emperor believed that Hernan Cortes was a ____________________.godconquistador30sEditDelete
- Q14The Aztecs used ____________________ to get to and from Tenochtitlan.CausewaysChinampas30sEditDelete
- Q15The Spanish unknowingly brought ____________________ to the Americas.diseaseshorses30sEditDelete
- Q16The Aztecs sacrificed thousands of people a year.TrueFalse30sEditDelete
- Q17When the conquistadors arrived, the Aztecs immediately attacked them.FalseTrue30sEditDelete
- Q18The Aztecs believed that many gods controlled nature and human activities.FalseTrue30sEditDelete