1. Document Project 1: Indian and Spanish Encounters in the Americas, 1520-1555

Quiz for Document 1.6 Aztec Priests Respond to the Spanish, 1524

Quiz for Document 1.6: Aztec Priests Respond to the Spanish, 1524

Document 1.6: Aztec Priests Respond to the Spanish, 1524

Choose the best answer to each question.

Question 1

1. The account of the Aztecs' response to the Spanish describes the role played by the Aztec belief system in history and daily life. What does this account suggest about religion in the Aztec culture?

Aztec peasants were more amenable to Christianity than their counterparts in leadership positions.

The Aztec system of belief and Christianity were easily melded together.

Aztecs were largely monotheistic.

Regardless of class, Aztecs used their religion to understand the world in which they lived.

Question 2

2. Which of the following was shared by both the Aztecs and the Catholic Spanish explorers?

kissing the Earth

offering blood and live sacrifices

prayers for provisions

a pantheon of multiple gods

Question 3

3. Which of the following statements is true regarding the Aztec and Spanish belief systems?

Both had similar concepts of a creator God.

The Aztecs based their beliefs on the Bible.

There were no commonalities between the Aztecs and the Spanish.

Both the Spanish and the Aztecs adhered to Christian beliefs.

Question 4

4. According to his statement, why was the Aztec priest opposed to conversion to Catholicism and renouncing of the Aztec gods by his people?

He was worried that the Aztec people would riot in rebellion against Christianity.

He was scared of the Spanish Conquistadors retaliating against the Aztecs.

He was angry that the Spanish were using intimidation tactics to convert.

He was afraid of angering the Aztec gods by turning their backs on them.

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