Q 01/05

Which modern metropolis stands on the ruins of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan?

A) Mexico City

B) Guadalajara

C) Puebla

D) Oaxaca

Answer · why

A) Mexico City

The Spanish founded it on the site after the city fell in 1521.

Q 02/05

On which body of water was Tenochtitlan built?

A) Lake Chapala

B) Lake Pátzcuaro

C) Lake Xochimilco

D) Lake Texcoco

Answer · why

D) Lake Texcoco

The city rose on unpromising swampy islets and grew to perhaps 200,000 people.

Q 03/05

What did the people usually called Aztecs call themselves?

A) Azteca

B) Mexica

C) Nahua

D) Tolteca

Answer · why

B) Mexica

Their god Huitzilopochtli told them on the migration that they were no longer Azteca.

Q 04/05

The word 'Aztec' means 'people from' which mythical place?

A) Tollan

B) Mictlan

C) Aztlan

D) Tamoanchan

Answer · why

C) Aztlan

It was a legendary homeland to the north claimed by several central Mexican peoples.

Q 05/05

Which language did the Aztecs speak?

A) Mayan

B) Zapotec

C) Quechua

D) Nahuatl

Answer · why

D) Nahuatl

About 1.5 million people still speak it today, mostly in central Mexico's mountains.