Aztec Civilization
This quiz is about Aztec Civilization and desed for use with 8th grade.
- 1.
What was the name of the most important city of the Axtec Empire
- A.
Culhuacan
- B.
Tenochtitlan
- C.
Teotihuacán
- D.
Tenochca
Correct Answer
B. Tenochtitlan -
- 2.
What were the two social classes of Aztec Society?
- A.
The commoners and the nobility
- B.
The priests and the commoners
- C.
The workers and the slaves
- D.
The commoners and the slaves
- E.
The slaves and the nobility
Correct Answer
A. The commoners and the nobility -
- 3.
What was the purpose of Aztec warfare
- A.
To settle disputes
- B.
To capture victims to be used in religious rituals
- C.
To give the men something to do
- D.
To prove one was worthy of honor
Correct Answer
B. To capture victims to be used in religious rituals -
- 4.
THe name for the god that is described as the plumed serpent.
- A.
Huitzilopochtli
- B.
Tlaloc
- C.
Xipe
- D.
Quetzalcoatl
Correct Answer
D. Quetzalcoatl -
- 5.
What is the name for the Aztec god of war?
- A.
Huitzilopochtli
- B.
Tlaloc
- C.
Xipe
- D.
Quetzalcoatl
Correct Answer
A. Huitzilopochtli -
- 6.
What is a name for the Aztec god of rain?
- A.
Huitzilopochtli
- B.
Tlaloc
- C.
Xipe
- D.
Quetzalcoatl
Correct Answer
B. Tlaloc -
- 7.
What was the purpose of Aztec sacrifices?
- A.
To keep the world from being destroyed
- B.
To make their enemies fear them
- C.
To earn the gods' favor
- D.
To allow the priests to communicate with the gods
- E.
To offer payment for the wrong things they had done
Correct Answer
A. To keep the world from being destroyed -
- 8.
What was the significance on the end of the 52 year cycle?
- A.
The gods had the right to decide to destroy the universe
- B.
A new fire ceremony was conducted offering sacrifices to the gods
- C.
The people mourned for the world
- D.
The people waited for the constellation Pleiades as a symbol that the world would be allowed to continue
- E.
All of the above
Correct Answer
E. All of the above -
- 9.
THe Aztecs spoke what language?
- A.
Spanish
- B.
Nauhatl
- C.
Quechua
- D.
Yucatec
Correct Answer
B. Nauhatl -
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