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The Role of Aztec Religion -- Week 2
The Role of Aztec Religion -- Week 2
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The Aztec calendar is split into two parts, one for agriculture and one for?
Warnings for enemies
When to sacrifice prisoners
Religious ceremonies
Farming techniques
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Who was the god of agriculture and rain
Huitzilopochtli
Tezcatlipoca
Quetzalcoatl
Tlaloc
3
Origin stories can help us understand people who no longer exist
True
False
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An artifact is an object made by a human being, typically an item that is culturally or historically important
False
True
5
What do we call the gods and goddesses of a culture?
Their gods
Paleolithic
A religion
A pantheon
6
What is material analysis
Is to understand people who lived in a different time period
Analyzing something is to make it more complex and sophisticated
The process of breaking a complex topic down to better understand it
To create something that can be analyzed
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What does the Coyolxauhqui Stone tell us about the Aztecs?
It is an agricltural calendar
Was the skulls of those sacrificed to the gods
It was the most important temple in Tenochtitlan
Tells us that death is not something we should fear, it happens to gods too
8
Who guided the Aztecs to their capital city?
Tlaloc
Quetzalcoatl
Tezcatlipoca
Huitzilopochtli
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What does skull rack tell us about the Aztec religion?
Sacrificed people had their chests ripped open and their hearts removed
Was a warning to their enemies
Showed how important sacrifice and keeping the gods happy was to the Aztecs
Death is nothing to fear, it happens to the gods too.
10
A pot made in ancient times would be considered an artifact
False
True
11
The most important temple in Tenochtitlan was?
The Major Temple
The big temple
Templo Mayor
The Tzompantli
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What is a patron god?
huitzilopochtli
The pantheon
The god/goddess of a group of people
The gods/goddess adopted by a person
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Only prisoners of war were sacrificed to the god
False
True
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Who was Huitzilopochtli?
The Aztec god of the sun
The Aztecs main god
The god who led the Aztec to their captial city
The Aztec god of war
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Analyzing something is to make it more complex and sophisticated
True
False
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Religion was everything to the Aztecs
False
True
17
What events is Tlaloc associated with? Click all that apply
Rain
The Sun
Storms
Agriculture
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Who was the person that sacrificed people
A priest
A prisoner
A merchant
A farmer
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What was the Tzompantli?
Warns their enemies of their fate at the top of the temple
The most important temple in Tenochtitlan
It depicts the origin story of Huitzilopochtli
The skull rack of those sacrificed to the gods
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Tlaloc is the nickname for the Aztec god of war
False
True
21
What can an origin story tell us about a culture
It can help us to understand their belief systems and way of life
It tells how the culture ended
It tells us how they started
It details how their religion works
22
Religion to the Aztecs is something they just do on major holidays
False
True
23
Why were human sacrifices important?
The Aztecs enjoyed ripping out peoples hearts
They believed the gods needed blood to survive and protect them
They wanted to torture their prisoners
They wanted to keep their people in line through fear
24
We can use material analysis to do all of the following EXCEPT
Understand people who lived in a different time period
Understand people who are alive today
Understand people who had a no writing or language
Understand diverse cultures that are different from our own
25
To believe in multiple gods is to be?
Atheist
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
Paleolithic
26
The temple entry stone tells us death is nothing to fear, even gods die
False
True
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What is your supporting question this week?
How did the Aztecs create and keep their power?
How the Aztecs used agriculture to create their power
Who were the Aztecs and where did they go?
What was the role of religion in the Aztec empire?
