Social Studies Ch15:L1-L2 REVIEW Quiz

The center of the Aztec culture and power was the great capital city called

• Tenochtitlan

• Tenotitlan

• Tenoctitland

When the Aztec first arrived in the Valley of Mexico, they had to pay tribute to the rulers of the nearby cities.

• False

• True

In what year did the Aztec form alliance with the other 2 cities?

• 1325

• 1428

• 1450

Check the cities that formed the Triple Alliance in 1428.

• Texcoco

• Tlacopan

• Tlaloc

• Tenochtitlan

The powerful Aztec ruler who lead the Triple Alliance and spread the power beyond the mountains surrounding the Valley of Mexico in 1940 was

• Huitzilopochtli

• Ahuitzotl

• Tlaloc

Why did the Aztecs build the temple? Check what applies.

• to honor the sun god, Huitzilopochtli

• to honor the rain god, Tlaloc

• to predict the future

• to honor Nahuatl

Aztecs kept records (history, religion, government, and sciences) using a special system of writing in long folded sheets called

• codex

• codices

• Calpulli

• chinampas

This word means 'groups of houses'.

• Chinampas

• Calpulli

• Tenochtitlan

When did the Aztec fall into the European kingdom of Spain?

• 1521

• 1519

• 1450

This word means 'treeless plain'.

• Isthmus

• Tundra

• Timberline