Aztec Quest

The Great Temple was built for which god to be worshipped ?

Huitzilopochtli

Children were sacrificed to ___ on the first of every month in order to bring rain for crops .

Tialoc

What was the size of the population in Tenochtitlan around 1502 ?

100-200k

What caused conflict between the Aztecs and the Culhua ?

The daughter was flayed and the priest wore her skin

This god rejected human sacrifice :

Quetzalcoatl

An ___ blade was used to cut the hearts out of sacrificial victims .

obsidian

Aztecs believed that we are living in the ___ sun .

5th

What is one of the most distinctive features of the Olmec civilization ?

The iconic colossal stone heads

A ___ was the " soul companion " of the dead while they journey through the Underworld

Dog

Chinampas

Floating artificial islands anchored to the bottom of a lake

Many ___ scholars believe that the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl refers to Jesus

Mormon

Omecihuatl

Diety representing the cosmic duality

Olmecs

this group made colossal stone heads

On the Aztec Sun Calendar , the Sun God has his ___ out to receive human blood

Tongue

The most famous sacrificial festivity for Tezcatlipoca was called ___ or one drought sacrifice

Toxcal

What was the Aztec belief about the sun's power ?

Fertility to the earth

What was the Olmec ball game called ?

Pok - a - tok

Most Aztec houses had a ___ attached to it .

Garden

Sui generis

unique/ " one of a kind "

Montezuma's Revenge - what is it ?

Travelers diarrhea ; foreigners get it while visiting Mexico

Pok - a - tok

Olmec ball game

What was the name of the ceremony where the most handsome prisoner was chosen to impersonate Tezcatlipoca ?

Toxcatl

What did the Aztecs use as currency ?

Cocoa beans

Atlatl

Ancient fool used in Mesoamerica

What was the primary method of human sacrifice to Huitzilopochtli ?

Pull the heart out of the chest while alive

Tenochtitlan

Capital of Aztec Empire

Where was the capital of the Aztec Empire ?

Tenochtitlan

Mexica

nomads from Northem Mexico

The Aztecs had " flower wars "- ___ wars used to gain sacrificial victims .

Fake

It was thought that the ____ of the children would bring rain .

Tears

Mictlan

Aztec underworld; final resting place

Mother Culture

Mother civilization

Which Aztec god demanded the sacrifice of children to bring rain ?

Tialoc

There are __ levels in the Aztec underworld.

9

____ was the Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs

Hernan Cortes

____ was the last Aztec emperor .

Cuam temoc

Which Aztec god was associated with war and the sun ?

Huitzilopochtui