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The Maya and the Aztec
By Amy C Gilstrap
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Question 1
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Answer the questions 1-3 from the video above
The Aztec Empire, which covered most of Mexico and Central America, included...
(Choose ALL that apply!)
Temples that rivled the Egyptian pyramids
Sophisticated palaces
Invented gunpowder
A population of 15 million
Question 2
2.
What disease "decimated" the Aztec population? (one answer)
The Bubonic Plague (Black Death)
The Spanish Flu
COVID-19
Smallpox
Question 3
3.
How did the Aztec empire fall to Cortez and the Spanish?
(Choose ALL that apply!)
Too many enemies
Spanish horses and dogs
Enslavement
Spanish had superior weapons
Smallpox
Ineffective leadership
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Question 8
8.
Answers 8 - 10 come from the pictures and captions above
What is their agricultural system called?
Texcoco
Chinampas
Tenochtitlan
Question 9
9.
What was so "ingenious" about their agricultural system?
They had to did in the mountains to make this system work.
It took very little water for crops to grow and be harvested.
It was made of large floating islands that were anchored to the ground.
Question 10
10.
More than one answer
Select the crops that would have been grown by the Aztecs
Lettuce
Corn
Squash
Tobacco
Beans
Flowers
Tomatoes
Question 11
11.
Answer this question using the above image
The purpose of this mural is to...
show miltitary dominance of the Aztec people
display the importance of human sacrifice
the role each citizen had and the importance of planting and harvesting their crops.
show the power of their volcano and corn gods
Question 12
12.
Questions 12 & 13 from document D
Who were the people being sacrificed?
Children
Priestesses
A families first born
Prisoners
Teachers
Question 13
13.
Why do you think they raised the heart to the sun?
Cook it a little for a better taste
Please the sun god
To drain all the blood out
Question 14
14.
Question from document E
How were the enemy warriors being treated?
Like a crinimal
Does not say
Treated like an animal
Like a living god
Question 15
15.
How did the Maya transport goods througout their empire?
by horse
by hand
by wagon
Question 16
16.
Why were the Mayan calendars so impressive?
The matched the Islamic calendar.
They were more accurate than any other calendars of their time period.
They predicted the end of the world.
Question 4
4.
What term would be used to describe the Aztec religion?
Polytheistic
Monotheistic
Atheist
Question 5
5.
Which of the following were reasons why the Aztec waged war on their neighbors?
to gain territory
to capture people to sacrifice to their gods
to use as soldiers against the Inca
Question 6
6.
Where was the Mayan civilization located?
South America
Yucatan Peninsula
On the Indian Ocean
Question 7
7.
Which 2 main bodies of water bordered the Aztec Empire?
Gulf of Mexico
Persian Gulf
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
