1.

The basic unit of the Aztec society was the _________

farmer
ruler
family Family and lineage were the basic units of Aztec society.
warrior
2.The Aztec merchant was known as the __________

pochteca
ppolm
halach uinich
tlatoani
3.Who wore the huipilli?

male
Female
4.Who wore the maxtli?
(1 Point)
male
female

5.What is the name of the system in which a male was permitted to have more
than one wife? polygamy

6.Identify one reason an Aztec woman could have gotten a divorce

(1 Point)
Educated her children
Practice polygamy
Did not educate her children
Did not have children – man could divorce is wife could not have children

7.The Aztec's most famous emperor was Moctezuma II. [textbook sp.]
*Montezuma II/moctezuma
Of the eleven kings that ruled the Aztecs, the most famous was Montezuma II, who was the
ninth king of the Aztec Empire who ruled from 1502 to 1520.

8.In the Aztec legal system there were both judges and jury.
True
False

9.The New Fire Ceremony happened every fifty-two years.

(1 Point)
True
False
10.The Aztec settlement was called __________
Tenochtitlan
Mayapan
Cuzco
Chichen Itza

11.The Aztec God of War was ____________________

Quetzalcoatl
Kunab Ku
Illapa
Huitzilopochtli

12.Pochteca paid taxes to their leader and nobles.

True
False
The pochteca had their own god and lived in a separate section of Tenochtitlan. They paid taxes with
rare goods.