Toltec Art and Architecture

_____ is a Mesoamerican archeological site, which was an important regional center which reached its height as the capital of the Toltec Empire.

• Tula

• Chichen-Itza

• Palenque

• Tikal

The site is located in the city of Tula de Allende in the Tula Valley, in what is now the southwest of the Mexican state of ___________.

• Jalisco

• Hidalgo

• Chiapas

• Yucatan

The main attraction is the _______________, which is topped by four 4-metre-high (13 ft) basalt columns carved in the shape of Toltec warriors.

• Pyramid of Quetzalcoatl

• Pyramid of the Sun

• Pyramid of the Moon

• Temple of the Inscriptions

The feathered serpent god ________ is linked to this city, whose worship was widespread from central Mexico to Central America.

• Huitzilopochtli

• Mictlantecuhtli

• Quetzalcoatl

• Tlaloc

The inhabitants of Tula were called ________, but that term was later broadened to mean an urban person, artisan or skilled worker.

• Olmecs

• Chichimeca

• Hicholes

• Toltecs

Called the Atlantean Statues – or in Spanish, los atlantes – these huge sculptures are perhaps the most enigmatic surviving artifacts of the Toltec civilization.

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The Tula Atlantes represent the Toltec warrior prepared to defend his people and intimidate the enemy with his vigilante appearance.

• TRUE

• FALSE

These statues are engraved in __________ rock; their height reaches ____ meters and consists of a protective shield on the chest that resembles an ____ ready to attack.

• concrete/2.4/fly disk

• limestone/8.4/butterfly

• basaltic/4.6/eagle

The head of the Tula Atlantes has a protective helmet made of an absorbent material like rubber and covered with a decoration based on eagle feathers or some other symbolic bird.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Detail of atlantes ... thus the four atlantes wield, with the right hand, the “atlatl”, a kind of dart launcher that served to cover greater distance... What do you think? Write your opinion.