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  • What was the name for soldiers from Spain who travelled to conquer other regions?
    Conquistadors
  • How did the Aztec government collect wealth?
    By stealing from other tribes
    By collecting taxes
    By selling art
    Farming
  • How did the Aztecs travel through the canals?
    Canoes
  • How did the Aztecs keep the gods happy?
    Human sacrifices
  • What disease wiped out the Aztecs?
    Smallpox
  • What are the names for the floating gardens?
    Chimpos
    Chinolos
    Chihuahuas
    Chinampas
  • Chinampas were built using what?
    Mud
  • What is a tzompantli?
    A skull rack
    A weapon
    A costume
    A dance
  • What modern city was built on the site of Tenochtitlan?
    Mexico City
  • What country was Hernan Cortez from?
    Spain
  • True or False: All Aztec children were required by law to attend school?
    True
  • True or false: Tenochtitlan was larger than any city in Europe at the time
    True
  • When was the city of Tenochtitlan founded?
    1985
    1325
    1505
    1776
  • True or False: The society of the Aztecs operated on a social class system?
    True
  • Who were most likely to be sacrificed?
    Animals
    Children
    Slaves/Prisoners of war
    Women
  • What was the most valuable item to the Aztecs?
    feathers
    blood
    gold
    silver
  • What lake was the city of Tenochtitlan built on?
    Lake Text Message
    Lake Texas
    Lake Texaco
    Lake Texcoco
  • True or False: Tenochtitlan was NOT heavily populated?
    False
  • What was the biggest temple in Tenochtitlan where all religious ceremonies, including human sacrifices took place?
    Templo Mayor
    Templo Minor
    Templo Biggy
    Templo Azteca
  • True or False: Tenochtitlan was a great, advanced civilization.
    True
  • Give one reason not already stated for Hernan Cortez conquering the Aztecs
    to spread christianity/to gain glory for the royal family/gold
  • Who conquered the Aztecs?
    Hernan Cortes and the Conquistadors
  • Give one reason not already stated for Hernan Cortez conquering the Aztecs
    to spread christianity/to gain glory for the royal family/gold
  • True or False: The Aztecs worshiped one God
    False
  • Today, we use roads to travel from place to place. What did the Aztecs use?
    Canals
  • How did the Aztecs stop the conquistadors from leaving Tenochtitlan?
    by removing the bridges
    by locking them in cells
    by destroying their boats
    by tying them up
  • A raised road that allowed the people to easily travel over the swampy and wet areas
    Bridge
    Causeway
    Highway
    Canal
  • Tenochtitlan got its name after what?
    A river
    A god
    A prickly pear cactus
    An eagle
  • True or false? Hernan Cortez and Montezuma hated each other when they first met.
    false
  • Who discovered Central America?
    Christopher Colombus
  • How did the Aztecs have fresh water to drink?
    Sewage systems
    Tap water
    Bottled water
    Aqueducts
  • What is the capital of the Aztec Empire?
    Tenochtitlan
  • Which of these did the Spanish NOT do to the Aztecs?
    starved them out
    used new weapons that the Aztecs had not seen before
    burnt their homes down
    stole their gold
  • What was one way to pay tribute to the Emperor?
    Human sacrifices/giving a human heart
  • The Aztecs regarded this animal, perched on a cactus with a serpent in its mouth, as a sign to build their great city?
    Lion
    Mouse
    Eagle
    Snake
  • What country did Hernan Cortes invade the Aztec Empire for?
    Spain
  • Who acted as translator between Montezuma and Cortez?
    Donna Maria/La Malinche
  • Give one reason not already stated for Hernan Cortez conquering the Aztecs
    to spread christianity/to gain glory for the royal family/gold
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