Moctezuma II was the emperor of which civilization?

Moctezuma II was the emperor of which civilization?

• A. Aztec
• B. Maya
• C. Inca
• D. Olmec

Answer: (A)

Moctezuma II represents the height of the Aztec Empire, whose capital was Tenochtitlan in central Mexico. He ruled as emperor in the early 1500s, around the time of first contact with the Spaniards. The Maya were centered in the Yucatán region and parts of southern Mexico and Central America, the Inca built a vast empire along the Andean highlands, and the Olmec were an earlier civilization along the Gulf Coast. These are distinct cultures with different geographic areas and time periods, so Moctezuma II is associated with the Aztec civilization.

Moctezuma II represents the height of the Aztec Empire, whose capital was Tenochtitlan in central Mexico. He ruled as emperor in the early 1500s, around the time of first contact with the Spaniards. The Maya were centered in the Yucatán region and parts of southern Mexico and Central America, the Inca built a vast empire along the Andean highlands, and the Olmec were an earlier civilization along the Gulf Coast. These are distinct cultures with different geographic areas and time periods, so Moctezuma II is associated with the Aztec civilization.