Exam 18: The Aztec and Inca Empires, 1300-1550

Commoners in Aztec society could do all of the following EXCEPT

Which of these groups in Aztec society was the least open in terms of social mobility?

How did Montezuma II die?

The Incas were aware of Spanish defeat of the Aztecs.

According to the Inca, who was Inti?

How did allegiance to an emperor make the Aztec and Inca peoples vulnerable to conquest?

Compared to contemporary European cities, Tenochtitlan was

More than one-third of Mexico's population died in less than twelve months from

The institution of slavery was nonexistent in Incan society.

Slavery in the Aztec empire had no racial basis.

Which people linked their vast empire through roads and bridges across the Andes?

Why was Montezuma's army somewhat small when Cortés arrived?

The last Aztec emperor, who ruled when the Spanish arrived, was

The disease of smallpox ravaged both Aztec and Incan society.

Discuss the instances of miscommunication between the Aztecs and Spaniards.

Both Aztec and Inca religion centered on worship of

Aztec healers did all of the following EXCEPT

Which of these was assured by the Aztec cosmic mission theory?

The Pochteca caste was the

The Tlatlacotin caste was the