Aztec and Inca Empires

Question 1

What do the dots on the page above refer to?

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Answers may vary. The dots refer to the number of days in one aspect of the Mesoamerican calendar.

Question 2

Of all the urbanized people of the Americas, the Incas were the most brilliant __________.

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engineers

Question 3

What other symbolic value do the Aztec pyramids hold?

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They represented mountains, a source of life-sustaining water and fertility.

Question 4

What is the Land of Four Quarters?

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Another name for the Inca Empire

Question 5

What happened every morning in the Inca capital?

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A llama was sacrificed.

Question 6

What does the checkerboard pattern on this Inca textile indicate about the person wearing it?

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A military officer or royal escort

Question 7

What Aztec symbols can you recognize in the image above?

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Answers may vary. An eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus.

Question 8

What did the Inca believe gold and silver were?

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They believed that gold was the sweat of the sun and silver was the tears of the moon.

Question 9

How did the Aztecs worship their deities in pyramids like the one seen above?

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They offered human sacrifices.

Aztec and Inca Empires Answers