Aztec Chocolate: A Bitter Delight
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What form of currency were tribes ruled by the Aztecs often asked to pay as taxes?

  • Beans (correct)
  • Gold
  • Corn
  • Cocoa

    • What did the Aztecs use cocoa butter for?

  • As a form of currency
  • As a medicine
  • As a cooking ingredient
  • As suncream (correct)

    • What was the symbolic significance of the cocoa tree for the Aztecs?

  • A representation of war
  • A source of food
  • A symbol of power
  • A bridge between Earth and heaven (correct)

    • What did the Aztecs believe drinking chocolate would give them during important ceremonies?

    <p>Wisdom of Quetzalcoatl</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the Nahuatl term for 'chocolate'?

    <p>Xocolatl</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Aztecs use cacao beans for?

    <p>To produce wine and other drinks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was one of the first foreign explorers to take cacao beans out of South America?

    <p>Christopher Columbus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Europeans initially think of the cacao beans brought from South America?

    <p>Too bitter to do anything useful with</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did the Aztecs try to get rid of the bitter taste of their chocolate drink?

    <p>By mixing spices and corn into their drinks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who introduced Europeans to the delights of chocolate?

    <p>Hernán Cortés</p> Signup and view all the answers

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