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god of the sun and warfare who told the Aztecs to found their own city, a place where an eagle perched on a cactus, holding a snake in its mouth

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a warlike people who rose to power around 900 after the fall of Teotihuacan

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Compare the religious beliefs of the Aztec and Inca. How were they similar? Different?

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Compare the religious beliefs of the Aztec and Inca. How were they similar? Different?

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Both of the Aztec and the Inca were polytheistic, but the Aztec worshiped approximately 1,000 gods. The Inca, however, focused on key nature spirits such as the moon, the stars, and thunder. Their religious practices were different as well. The Incans utilized sacrifice much more than the Aztec, but the Aztec preformed more ceremonies. At these ceremonies, priests made offerings to the gods and presented ritual dramas, songs, and dances featuring masked performers.

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Note the sacrificial dagger pointed towards the sky.

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the Aztec system may have been derived from the Maya system. They followed to main calendars; a sacred on with 13 months of 20 days, and an agricultural and solar one with 18 months of 20 days . The then had a period of 5 unlucky days.

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Why do you think the Aztecs allowed some conquered peoples to govern themselves with relatively little interference?

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Why do you think the Aztecs allowed some conquered peoples to govern themselves with relatively little interference?

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The Aztec allowed some conquered people to govern their own land because it could reduce the chances of rebellion and lower the resentment towards them.

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an urban center in the Aztec empire with a population of 200,000 to 400,000 people. It was built on an island and connected to the mainland with 3 bridges.

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“the Feathered Serpent”-a god of the Toltecs and other Mesoamerican Peoples.

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blood offerings were made to the Sun God to nourish him so he could fight the forces of evil at night; they carved out thousands of hearts annually

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an Aztec emperor crowned in 1502, the empire began to weaken under his rule.

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a mountain basin about 7,500 feet above sea level which served as the home base of several powerful cultures

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How did the Aztec need for victims for sacrifice lead to problems controlling the empire?

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How did the Aztec need for victims for sacrifice lead to problems controlling the empire?

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With the population of the Aztecs reached new heights, Montezuma II ordered even more sacrifices than before. Due to this increased demand, some provinces rose up in revolt against Aztec oppression, leading to a period of unrest and rebellion, which the military struggled to put down.

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an association of the city-states of Tenochtitlán, Texcoco, and Tlacopan, which led to the formation of the Aztec Empire

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What problems led to the decline of the Aztec Empire? 

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What problems led to the decline of the Aztec Empire? 

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When Montezuma ll increased the amount of tribute and victims for sacrifice from the provinces of his empire, it caused a period of unrest and rebellion to develop. The arrival of the Spanish also caused the decline of the civilization.

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a hard, glassy volcanic rock used by early peoples to make sharp weapons.

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a city-state whose ruins lie just outside of Mexico