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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will consider what different religious beliefs the Aztecs had and how this impacted how they lived within their empire.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What was the name given to the Aztec Emperor?
Correct answer: Huey Tlatoani
Macehualtin
Pipiltin
Q2.
Who did city states have to pay tribute to?
Correct answer: Emperor
Merchants
Nobles
Q3.
What was the capital city of the Aztec Empire?
Correct answer: Tenochtitlan
Texcoco
Tlacopan
Q4.
Which of the following was an Aztec punishment?
Correct answer: all the above
Being killed
Having your head shaved
Selling someone in to slavery
Q5.
At its peak, how many people are said to have lived in Tenochtitlan?
100,000
20,000
Correct answer: 200,000

5 Questions

Q1.
What is the meaning of polytheistic?
Correct answer: belief in many gods
belief in no God
belief in one God
Q2.
Which world creation are we living in, according to the Aztecs?
Correct answer: Fifth
Fourth
Second
Q3.
Which organ did Huitzilopochtli tear from his sister?
Correct answer: heart
kidneys
lungs
Q4.
Why did the Aztecs make sacrifices to the Gods?
to keep the sun alive
to keep the sun hot
Correct answer: to keep the sun moving through the sky
Q5.
Which type of people were sacrificed more often?
Correct answer: criminals and the enslaved people
King and queens
the elderly