Aztec Overview tpt

Match the following

• The city of Tenochtitlan was built on this lak

• Cortes

• Floating gardens

• chinampas

• Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs

• brooms

• Aztec girls were given these when they were born

• Mexico

• The Aztec civilization was located in the heart of this

• Texcoco

Match the following

• Aztec emperor

• Tenochtitlan

• Worn by Aztec men to cover their lower bodies

• weaving

• Aztec legend said they lived in the world

• Montezuma II

• Aztec women were skilled at this

• Fifth Sun

• Capital of the Aztec civilization

• loincloths

What was the land like where the Aztecs settled?

• It is covered with deserts and dry land

• It is covered with jungles, swamps, lakes, valleys, and mountains

• It was mostly coastal plains

• It was all mountains with no flat land for farming

How were chinampas made?

• By digging up soil from lake bottoms

• By making terraces into the sides of mountains

• By clearing off jungle land

• By tilling the soil

Which best completes the analogy? Huitzilopochtli : War :: Tonatiuh : ________________

• Learning

• Farming

• Moon

• Sun

Which group of people conquered the Aztecs?

• English

• French

• Spanish

• Portuguese

Which best completes the analogy? Girls : 16 :: Boys : ______________

• 16

• 17

• 20

• 25

How did the author mostly organize the selection?

• He compared and contrasted the Aztec with the Incas.

• He told the history of the Aztec in chronological order.

• He explained problems the Aztec encountered and told how solved them.

• He described many characteristics of the Aztec civilization.

Which statement is true about the Aztec civilization?

• The Aztec were thought to come from the south around 1200.

• The Aztecs were able to defeat Hernan Cortes and his conquistadors

• Many Aztecs died from Spanish diseases after their arrival.

• There are no descendants left from the Aztec civilization.

Why do most people think is the main reason the Aztecs were defeated by the Spaniards?

• The Aztec armies were weakened by disease.

• The Aztecs were defeated by superior Spanish weaponry.

• The Aztecs were unable to withstand the psychological warfare of the Spanish.

• The Aztecs were overwhelmed by the sheer number of Spanish soldiers.