Aztecs Trivia
Dive into Aztec antics with trivia on skull towers, floating gardens, and clean cities—prove you’ve got the heart (and guts) for the challenge!
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
According to their migration legend, on which lake did the Mexica spot an eagle on a prickly pear cactus before founding Tenochtitlan?
Lake Texcoco
Name the macabre wooden skull rack used to display sacrificial victims in cities like Tenochtitlan.
Tzompantli
What was the Nahuatl name for the super-fertile 'floating gardens' around Tenochtitlan?
Chinampas
Spanish conquistadors noted that Tenochtitlan—unlike many European cities of the 1500s—was remarkably what?
Clean
To keep the sun moving across the sky, Aztecs offered their gods nourishment from what?
Blood