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What are the Aztecs live? |
They settled in Lake Texoco, which is the site of modern day Mexico city. |
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What is Tenochtitlan? |
It was the capital of the Aztec empire. It is Mexico city. It was the island that sat in the Lake Texcoco. |
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What is Quetzalcoatl? |
Another Aztec diety that was described as a feathered serpent. However the guy was also remembered us taking the form of a man. According to Mexica myth, he created humankind. |
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Describe the Aztec stone. |
The calendar waste 25 tons and measures 12 feet across. It was originally located in the temple in the center of the Astec capital; the stone was placed in a horizontal position in human sacrifice took place on the surface. It is a calendar that represents 260 days of the Aztec year. |
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What is Nahuatl? |
THe language of the Aztecs. It is still spoken today in parts of Mexico. |
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What is the 5th Sun? |
It is the center of the calendar which stands as the face of Tonatiuh. It is the biggest of the four suns on the calendar . |
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Where did the Incas live? |
The Incas lived in South America in present-day Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. |
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WHat is quechua? What are quipus? |
It was a recordkeeping device used by the Incas as a way for them to run and maintaining their Imperial tasks. System of knots and chords.
Quechua- is the language of the Incas. |
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Why was the llama/alpaca, important to the Incans? |
They could use them as sacrifice, and could also be used for meat, leather for sandals, and dung for fertilizier. |
