Chapter Two

Question 1

Aztec Omen

Answer 1

bird on a snake eating a cactus

Question 2

Tenochtitlan

Answer 2

• Aztec Capital
• Fishing and Agriculture center

Question 3

Lake Texcoco

Answer 3

Surrounded Aztec capital and assisted in defense

(located in valley of Mexico)

fresh drinking water

Question 4

Quetzalcoatl

Answer 4

Aztec god; Half snake half bird; fought in the underworld daily in order to be reborn

Question 5

Tonatiuh

Answer 5

Aztec Sun God

Question 6

Tlaloc

Answer 6

Aztec Rain God

Question 7

Aztec Human Sacrifice

Answer 7

Typical strong, male, war captives

Question 8

Aztec Class System

Answer 8

Aristocracy
Warriors
Merchants & Artisans
Farmers
Slaves

Question 9

Aztec Gender Roles

Answer 9

Men (farmers and warriors)
Women ( managed household, raised kids, shaman)

Question 10

Aztec women had educational and legal rights

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Hernan Cortes

Answer 11

Believed to be a god by the aztec people

Aztecs gave him gifts and gold to appease him

Question 12

Invasion of Tenochtitlan

Answer 12

Put Montezuma on house arrest and held him for ransom

Destroyed aztec idols

Question 13

Shaman

Answer 13

Spiritual Leaders

Question 14

Nahuatl

Answer 14

Language of the Aztecs

Question 15

Hernan Cortes

Answer 15

Spanish Conquistador

Question 16

Montezuma

Answer 16

The last Aztec leader

Question 17

Mitma (Inca)

Answer 17

Forced Migration

Question 18

Tahuantin- Suya

Answer 18

Birth of the Inca Empire (land of four quarters)

Question 19

Cuzco

Answer 19

Capital of the Inca Empire

Question 20

Chasqui

Answer 20

Long distance messangers

Question 21

Quechua

Answer 21

The oral language of the Incas

Question 22

Quipu

Answer 22

Number system based on 10s

Question 23

Machu Picchu

Answer 23

Historic Inca City

Question 24

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 24

Spanish Conquistador

Question 25

Atahualpa

Answer 25

Inca Leader

Question 26

Battle of Cajamarca

Answer 26

ambush of the Inca ruler