Aztec Religion

A group of Aztec warriors with special rank and privileges; wore animal skins to represent their mascots

• Ochpaniztli

• Tlazolteol

• Knights of the Jaguar

• tlachti

a fast-moving game with a rubber ball

• tlachti

• grand procession

• Ochpaniztli

• Tlazolteotl

the Aztec earth mother goddess

• grand procession

• tlachti

• Ochpaniztli

• Tlazolteotl

a parade of young men from each clan and special warrior groups

• Ochpaniztli

• tlachti

• Knights of the Jaguar

• grand procession

the festival of the eleventh month to honor Tlazolteotl

• Tlazolteotl

• Ochpaniztli

• tlachti

• grand procession

The young women being sacrificed represented what?

• the goddess of water

• the goddess of ripe corn

• the earth mother goddess

• the goddess of the sky

What would the Knights of the Eagle and the Knights of the Jaguar do to entertain the crowd?

• stage a mock battle

• sacrifice two of their members

• stage a harvest ceremony

• compete in a tug-of-war contest

The priests used what to ask for magic to avoid rains at harvest time and to celebrate the refreshment of the earth mother goddess?

• the grand procession

• sacred chants

• a human sacrifice

• drum music

Which God was a sun god and the most powerful of all the Aztec gods?

• Tlaloc

• Huitzilopochtli

• Quetzalcoatl

• Tezcatlipoca

Why did the Aztecs use human sacrifices?

• to make an offer to the gods for a lot of ripe corn

• the blood given in sacrifice gave the gods new strength and energy

• to attract the good forces of nature and to repel harmful powers

• to provide magic to avoid rains at harvest