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A quiz on the culture of the ancient Aztecs

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A place of pilgrimage for Aztecs was the ruins of a ancient city built by the...

The Teotihuacins

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What does the picture on the Mexican flag symbolize?

A legend about how Aztecs knew where to build their city.

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Which description best fits the Valley of Mexico, where the Aztec Empire arose?

fertile and high

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When the Aztecs fled south from Chapultepec in 1319, how did the Culhuas near their new home respond?

They paid the Aztecs to fight for them as mercenaries

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What was one benefit of settling on land surrounded by Lake Texcoco?

It was easy to defend

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By forming the Triple Alliance, the Aztec leader Itzcoatl was able to...

Free his people from Tepanec rule

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Why did the leader Itzcoatl destroy records of his people's history?

So he could tell a different story of their past

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Why did the Aztecs of Tenochtitlán build chinampas?

To enlarge their land area

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What did the Aztecs build in the center of Tenochtitlán?

a large plaza where they held special festivals.

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At the Great Temple, the Aztecs built a shrine to Tlaloc, the rain god. What does this suggest about the Aztecs?

They depended on rain for planting

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Why did the Aztecs in Tenochtitlán need the technologies listed below? •aqueduct •dike •causeways •canals

Because they lived on islands!

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The Aztec Empire was based on tribute. This means that the people who lived in the empire...

paid goods to the Aztec government

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Which of these facts best shows that war was at the center of Aztec life?

All Aztec men were trained as soldiers

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This pattern of events happened with a number of city-states: •The Aztecs invited them to be an ally. •They had 60 days to respond. •If they refused, the Aztecs declared war. This process enabled the Aztecs to...

expand their empire

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What weakness in the Aztec Empire did the Spanish take advantage of when they invaded Mexico?

Because conquered peoples kept their own customs, the empire lacked unity.

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Compare and contrast where the Mayans and Aztecs lived?

The Mayans lived further south in the coastal jungles of Guatemala and Southern Mexico. The Aztecs lived in central Mexico in a high mountain valley.

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