Aztec Pre-Quiz

The name Mexico comes from is the word mexica. This is what the Aztecs called themselves.

• True

• False

Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, was built on an island in the middle of a large late.

• True

• False

Once the Aztec empire fell. Tenochtitlan was completed destroyed. The site is now a jungle.

• True

• False

The Portuguese people invaded the Aztecs in 1519 and destroyed their civilisation.

• True

• False

The Aztecs ate sheep and cattle.

• True

• False

The Aztecs ate bugs and small creatures such as crickets and tadpoles.

• True

• False

The Aztecs ate corn only on special occassions.

• True

• False

The Aztecs ate small, hairless dogs.

• True

• False

Despite the long held belief that the Aztecs ate chocolate, they didn't.

• True

• False