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Area of the Aztecs
a) Mesoamerica
b) North America
c) South America
d) Africa

This group defeated the Aztecs
a) English
b) Russian
c) Spanish
d) Americans

Type of animal perched on cactus in Aztec legend
a) owl
b) eagle
c) jaguar
d) raven

Lake that became home of Aztec Empire
a) Lake Texcoco
b) Lake Superior
c) Lake Mexica
d) Lake Azteca

Name of large Aztec city.
a) Tlaloc
b) Tenochtitlan
c) Texcoco
d) Mesoamerica

Floating Gardens
a) burritos
b) chinampas
c) archipelagos
d) maizes

Meaning of Coatepantli
a) Snake Room
b) Snake River
c) Snake Eyes
d) Snake Wall

Number of stairways of the Great Temple
a) 1
b) 2
c) 4
d) none

Number of people who came to the marketplace each day
a) 20,000
b) 2,000
c) 6,000
d) 60,000

What is a causeway?
a) a big ditch
b) a raised road
c) a wooden arch
d) an earth mound

Correct order of Aztec class from top to bottom
a) Rulers, Commoners, Nobles, Slaves, Peasants
b) Rulers, Nobles, Peasants,Commoners,Slaves
c) Nobles, Rulers, Commoners, Peasants, Slaves
d) Rulers, Nobles, Commoners, Peasants, Slaves

This class had the most people
a) Commoners
b) Slaves
c) Peasants
d) Nobles

Aztec boys could do this when they got older
a) weave
b) learn how to canoe
c) learn how to play baseball
d) ride horses

Age when young girls began to weave
a) 7
b) 9
c) 13
d) 16

Aztec's most common food
a) beets
b) chocolate
c) corn
d) barley

Food not grown by Aztec farmers
a) avocado
b) squash
c) sweet potatoes
d) wheat

Number of squares on a patolli board
a) 42
b) 52
c) 100
d) 10

Number of times around the board needed to win patolli.
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6

Attached to the wall of a tlachtli court
a) rings
b) spears
c) stone seats
d) eagle feathers

Number of players on each team in tlachtli
a) 4
b) 6
c) 8
d) 12

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