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Spanish explorers were amazed when they saw the Aztec city because it was floating on a lake. True or false?

False

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Where was the Aztec capital?

Tenochititlan

Mexico City

Lake Texcoco

the Aztec Empire.

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How did the Aztec become so powerful?

They migrated south in search of food and began to conquer n

They built towns and a strong army.

They defeated the people living near Lake Texcoco

They learned how to farm

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How did the Aztec feel about the Spanish when arriving?

excited, they wanted Spanish armor and horses

worried, they didn't trust them

confused, the Spanish were so different

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After the Spanish kidnapped Moctezuma, they ...

melted Aztec gold into bars and hid them

stole Aztec golf and sent it back to Spain

destroyed Aztec temples

shipped their prisoner, Moctezuma, back to Spain

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If Moctezuma had fought the men who kidnapped him, this would be an example of conflict. True or false?

True

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What one thing helped the Spanish the most in defeating the Aztec?

smallpox

guns

a large army

steel swords

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Which part of the text on page 369 best summarizes what happened to Mexican culture after Spanish defeated the Aztec.

After 1521, Mexico slowly developed a new culture. This new culture was neither Aztec nor Spanish. It was both!

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When two cultures blend, what happens?

Both cultures remain the same

Both cultures disappear, are replaced by a new one

Parts of both cultures come together, form a new culture.

One culture replaces the other

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