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At the Great Temple, the Aztecs built a shrine to Tlaloc, the rain god. What does this suggest about the Aztecs?
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Aztec, Inca, Maya
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did the leader Itzcoatl destroy records of his people's history? | So he could tell a different story of their past. |
| At the Great Temple, the Aztecs built a shrine to Tlaloc, the rain god. What does this suggest about the Aztecs? | They didn't always have enough water. |
| Why did the Aztecs in Tenochtitlan need the technologies such as aqueducts, dikes, causeways, and canals? | They needed these items because they lived on an island. |
| What does it mean to say that the Aztec Empire was "based on tribute"? | The people who lived there paid taxes to the Aztec government. |
| Give an example that war was at the center of Aztec life? | All Aztec males trained to be soldiers. |
| What did the Aztecs demand of the cities they conquered? | They required that the people pay tribute to the emperor. |
| Why did the leader Itzcoatl destroy records of his people's history? | It was easy to defend |
| What year did the Aztecs defeat the Tepanacs? | 1428 |
| At the Great Temple, the Aztecs built a shrine to Tlaloc, the rain god. What does this suggest bout the Aztecs? | That they didn't always have enough water. |
| Why did theAztecs build a city on an island in Lake Texcoco? | They received a sign from the gods to settle there. |
| Mayan nobles were government officials, priests, and what other group of people? | social and economic |
| How did someone become the Aztec emperor? | They would be chosen from a group of advisors. |
| If you did the following tasks, what position did you hold in Aztec society: study the sky, run schools, and predict the futures | priests |
| Who could request a divorce in Aztec marriages? | Aztecs valued rare goods from far away places. |
| The pochteca (traders) had many privileges. What does their status suggest about Aztec society? | Aztecs valued rare goods from far away places. |
| You are a 12-year-old male Aztec commoner. What are you most likely to do at school? | bearing children |
| What was the mainstay of Aztec diet? | maize (corn) |
| What was the purpose of Aztec markets? | trading goods for other goods |
| What did the Aztecs believe kept their gods strong? | sacrifices |
| What was a popular form of entertainment for the Aztecs? | playing games |
| The Inca civilization existed in what mountain chain and what time period? | Andes, 1400-1532 C.E. |
| On first approaching a tribe not in their empire, an Inca leader might say? | "Join our empire on our terms, or our army will crush you." |
| What is one way a non-noble in Inca society could become a government official? | being a local leader in an area the Inca recently conquered |
| The Incas lived for hundreds of years without spreading their civilization. What caused them to expand their empire? | A neighboring people attacked the Incas and tried to conquer them. |
| The ayllu in Inca life is like what in American life today? | a small-town neighborhood |
| Give an example how the proverb "Necessity is the mother of all invention" applies to the Inca civilization. | their road system that allowed them to manage a large empire |
| The Inca ayllu divided their crops three ways. One third they kept for themselves, one third went to support the temple system, and one third went where? | to the Sapa Inca |
| How did the Inca emperor send messages to officials in distant places? | relay system of messengers |
| Where was the Inca empire located? | South America (Peru) |
| The three classes in Inca society were the emperor, the nobles, and the... | commoners |
| What is an ayllu | a clan |
| Who was the Inca's most important god? | the sun god |
| Where was the Aztec empire located? | Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula) |
| The Omlec and the Maya lived in Central America. What was the relationship between the two groups? | The Olmec influenced the Mayan civilization. |
| What made it possible for the Olmec and the Maya to create permanent settlements? | farming |
| Which of the following people in Mayan civilization would be most likely to farm? | peasants |
| In the Mayan culture, which was the ONLY social class that was allowed to read and write? | priests |
| Which type of agricultural technique did the Maya use so they could farm in the mountains? | terraced hillsides |
| What did the Mayans do to provide a break from work? | attended ceremonies and rituals |
| What did the Mayans do to provide a break from work? | attended ceremonies and rituals |
| The largest number of people in Mayan society were members of which class? | peasants |
| Analyzing Mayan art and architecture and the Mayan calendar tells us what about this civilization? | they were advanced in their knowledge |
| List three farming techniques that the Mayans used. | terraces, raised platforms, and slash and burn |
| What did the Mayan and Aztec civilizations have in common? | a two-calendar system |
| What architectural designs would help you determine that a temple was from the Aztec culture? | pyramid shape with two stairways |
| What did the Spanish find when they met the Incas? | people that worked with gold |
| If you were leading an empire with as many dialects as the Mayan empire had, what might be the best way to communicate? | invent a hieroglyphic system that represents sounds, words, and ideas |
| The set of strings called quipas helped solve what problem for the Incas? | lack of written language |
| Which of the cultures, Aztec, Inca, or Mayan, utilized pictographs in their written language? | Aztecs |
| Which Mayan art form is still practiced today with similar techniques? | weaving and embroidery of cloth |
| Name a Mayan achievement in mathematics that was unknown until this civilization. | the zero |
| What was one of the Aztecs' most significant technological achievements? | the city of Tenochtitlan (floating islands) |
| What was the Inca's most impressive achievement? | maintaining their large empire |
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