Aztecs: Religious Sacrifice, Success @ War

Which choices below describe why the Aztec ceremonial center was an important location in the middle of  the city?  Choose 3 answers.

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  Human sacrifices happened here.

• This is where the marketplace was located.

• Aztec emperors were crowned there.

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  This is where children was taught to weave cloth or become a warrior.

• This is where the shrines for the god of rain and the god of the dry season.

Which choice below explains which body part was removed from the victims to be burned on the altar?

• The brain

• The heart

• The left leg

• The left arm

Why did the Aztecs believe human sacrifice was necessary?

• This helped to ensure a great year.

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  This was to keep the sun rising and moving across the sky.

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  This was to keep the rain god from flooding the earth.

• This was to keep the Aztec people safe from Europeans.

Use the section on Success at War to answer the following question.

According to the text, why were the priests and soldiers important to Aztec life?  Choose two answers.

• Priests used human sacrifice to please the gods.

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  Priests were the ones who led the people in prayer.

• Soldiers were the ones that held the empire together when the Spanish attacked them.

• Aztec soldiers held the empire together and provided the victims for sacrifices.

• The priests and soldiers led the people in festival activities once a month.

According to the text, what was one opportunity that allowed men to better themselves?

• The Navy

• The Army

• The emperor's advisory board

• The marketplace planning committee

According to the text, what was the greatest honor a man could have?

• • To defeat their enemies

• To die in battle

• To become a sacrifice

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  To kneel before the emperor

According to the text, during Moctezuma's reign disturbing things happened. Which of the statements below describes one of these things?  Choose 3 answers.

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  There was a drought.

• People died in the streets after eating tainted food.

• A comet appeared in the sky.

• The army was destroyed during a great war.

• Lightning struck one of the temples in Tenochtitlán.

Read the section from the passage below:

"The Aztec believed the world might end at any moment. Moctezuma and his priests worried that the strange events might be a warning from the gods. They feared that the end of the world might be near. . . A form of doomsday was coming."

What brought the doomsday to the Aztec empire?

• A comet

• The Inca army defeated the Aztecs in battle.

• We don't know, but it was coming from Europe.

• The emperor moved the empire and ruled it under a different name.