Multiple Choice Pt. 1
Cornmeal pancakes were later called _____________ by the Spanish?
a. tortillas
b. maize
c. flapjacks
d. tacos
a. tortillas
What did the priests use to ask for magic to avoid rains at harvest time and to celebrate the refreshment of the earth mother goddess?
a. the grand procession
b. sacred chants
c. a human sacrifice
d. drum music
b. sacred chants
What had its own temple and school in its own section of the city of Tenochtitlan?
a. each priest
b. each family
c. each clan
d. each army
c. each clan
What is Nahuatl?
a. a brick made of sun-dried Earth and straw
b. a group extended families
c. the language spoken by the Aztecs
c. the language spoken by the Aztecs
What was Lake Texcoco?
a. ditches filled with water that became the major streets of Tenochtitlan
b. the greatest city of the Aztecs
c. body of water where Tenochtitlan was built on an island
c. body of water where Tenochtitlan was built on an island
What was once at the site of Tenochtitlan and the modern-day Mexico City?
a. a lake
b. a volcano
c. a desert
d. a mountain
a. a lake
The young woman being sacrificed represented __________________?
a. the goddess of water
b. the goddess of ripe corn
c. the earth mother goddess
d. the goddess of the sky
b. the goddess of ripe corn
Most Aztec sculpture was used to decorate what?
a. homes
b. the streets
c. the temple
d. the palace
c. the temple
Who was Montezuma I?
a. the greatest Aztec emperor
b. Aztec word for clan; meant "big house"
c. plant with tough fibers used in clothing for poorer Aztecs
a. the greatest Aztec emperor
Who were the Knights of the Jaguar?
a. group of Aztec warriors with special ranks and privileges who wore animal skin to represent their mascot
b. the greatest emperor of the Aztecs
c. forming cloth by interlacing strands of fiber
a. group of Aztec warriors with special ranks and privileges who wore animal skin to represent their mascot
What did the Aztecs sit or sleep on in their homes?
a. chairs
b. benches
c. cushions
d. woven mats
d. woven mats
How many years were in the Aztec calendar division that was similar to our 100-year century?
a. 52
b. 36
c. 365
d. 260
a. 52
What kind of artwork was melted down by the Spanish?
a. gold
b. stone
c. wax
d. jade
a. gold
A chicle is __________________________________.
a. an independent government unit centered on a city
b. plant with tough fibers used in clothing for poorer Aztecs
c. comes from the gum tree and is used in chewing gum
c. comes from the gum tree and is used in chewing gum
What was the lunar calendar?
a. had 365 days divided into 18 months, based on the Earth's orbit around the sun
b. had 260 days divided into 13 months, based on the phases of the moon
c. the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings
b. had 260 days divided into 13 months, based on the phases of the moon
Which social class was made up of the captives in war, criminals, or citizens who couldn't pay their debts?
a. serfs
b. slaves
c. nobles
d. commoners
b. slaves
How many people were likely in Tenochtitlan when the Spanish first arrived?
a. 200,000 to 300,000
b. 20,000 to 30,000
c. 30,000 to 60,000
d. 100,000 to 200,000
a. 200,000 to 300,000
The only surviving example of Aztec feather weaving was given to whom by Montezuma?
a. the king of Spain
b. Pizarro
c. Columbus
d. Cortes
d. Cortes
What is a clan?
a. a group of extended families
b. a parade of young men from each clan and special warrior groups
c. a group made up of 20 clans
a. a group of extended families
Architecture is ___________________________________?
a. forming cloth by interlacing strands of fiber
b. pots and other objects formed out of clay
c. the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings
c. the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings
Which calendar did the Aztecs use to decide when to plant crops or go into battle?
a. the solar calendar
b. the stellar calendar
c. the Julian calendar
d. the lunar calendar
d. lunar calendar
Almost all Aztec art used what kind of subjects and themes?
a. plants
b. religious
c. ordinary people
d. the stars
b. religious
How did people get to the temples on the top of the great pyramid at Tenochtitlan?
a. inside staircase
b. outside staircase
c. elevator
d. hauled up by ropes
b. outside staircase
A calpolli is _______________________________.
a. the language spoken by the Aztecs
b. the Aztec word for clan; meant "big house"
c. a brick made of sun-dried earth and straw
b. the Aztec word for clan; meant "big house"
What was the city of Tenochtitlan best known for?
a. the five extra days at the end of the Aztec solar year
b. group of Aztec warriors with special ranks and privileges
c. the greatest city of the Aztecs
c. the greatest city of the Aztecs