Aztec and Inca Empires Vocabulary

Question 1

Moctezuma

Answer 1

The ruler of the Aztec empire at the beginning of the Spanish Conquest

Question 2

Quetzal Bird

Answer 2

A brilliantly colored bird found in tropical Central America

Question 3

Tenochtitlan

Answer 3

The capital of the Aztec empire

Question 4

Textile

Answer 4

A flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial threads

Question 5

Xiuhtecuhtli

Answer 5

The Aztec personification of life after death, also considered the “Mother and Father of the gods”