Aztec and Inca Empires Answers
What does the checkerboard pattern on this Inca textile indicate about the person wearing it?
A military officer or royal escort
How did the Aztecs worship their deities in pyramids like the one seen above?
How did the Aztecs worship their deities in pyramids like the one seen above?
Of all the urbanized people of the Americas, the Incas were the most brilliant __________.
What Aztec symbols can you recognize in the image above?
Answers may vary. An eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus.
What is the Land of Four Quarters?
Another name for the Inca Empire
Of all the urbanized people of the Americas, the Incas were the most brilliant __________.
What other symbolic value do the Aztec pyramids hold?
What happened every morning in the Inca capital?
A llama was sacrificed.
What did the Inca believe gold and silver were?
They believed that gold was the sweat of the sun and silver was the tears of the moon.
What do the dots on the page above refer to?
Answers may vary. The dots refer to the number of days in one aspect of the Mesoamerican calendar.
What is the Land of Four Quarters?
The Land of Four Quarters was the Inca Empire, called Tawantinsuyu, which was divided into four regions centered on Cusco.
Machu Picchu is located in modern day __________.
What does the checkerboard pattern on this Inca textile indicate about the person wearing it?
The checkerboard pattern indicates that the wearer was associated with the Inca military, likely as a soldier or military official.
What Aztec symbols can you recognize in the image above?
I can recognize an eagle holding a snake while perched on a prickly pear cactus. These are symbols from the Aztec legend about the founding of Tenochtitlan.
What do the dots on the page above refer to?
Answers may vary. The dots refer to the number of days in one aspect of the Mesoamerican calendar.
What did the Inca believe gold and silver were?
The Inca believed gold was the sweat of the sun and silver was the tears of the moon.
What other symbolic value do the Aztec pyramids hold?
What happened every morning in the Inca capital?
A llama was sacrificed.
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