Aztec Time

Question 1

Xiuhtlapohualli

Answer 1

This was the Aztec’s solar calendar and it was similar to to the modern day calendar we use.

Question 2

meztli

Answer 2

Godess of the moon she was associated with the night and the farmers.

Question 3

veintena

Answer 3

A month in the Aztec solar calendar and a month was a 20 day period in the Aztec calendar.

Question 4

nemontemi

Answer 4

5 extra and usless days on the end of the year they were thought to be unlucky.

Question 5

xihuitl

Answer 5

the last day of the veintena it was the last day of the month.

Question 6

tonalli

Answer 6

A day or it can also mean the warmth of the sun which technically means a day.

Question 7

Trecene

Answer 7

A week in Aztec life and a week was a 14 day period in the Aztec life.

Question 8

Tonalpohualli

Answer 8

A calendar used to tell the future of the Aztecs, it was used as a divinitory tool.

Question 9

xiuhmolpilli

Answer 9

It was a stone monument used to celebrate a 52 year period which was a century in Aztec life. It was lit on fire and that fire lit all the houses and the light in the city.

Question 10

Quetzalcoatl

Answer 10

An Aztec god indetified by fire and wind represented by a feathered serpent.

Question 11

Yohualtecuhtli

Answer 11

It was a star in the centre of the night sky and it signalized that the sacrifice had to be done.

Question 12

tlequauitl

Answer 12

A sacred wooden stick which was used to cut open the human body for the sacrifices.

Question 13

Templo Mayor pyramid.

Answer 13

A religious temple were people worshiped the gods it was located in Tenochtitlan.

Question 14

pulque beer.

Answer 14

A alchaholic drink made by the maguey plant.

Question 15

Toxhiuhmolpilia

Answer 15

The fire ceremony were the human sacrifice was made and all the light in the city was lit out.

Question 16

What are the two Aztec calendars and what three parts make up the Calendars?

Answer 16

The two Aztec calendar are the xiuhpohualli and tonalpohualli calendars the three parts were nemontemi, veintena, xihuitl.

Question 17

Describe the xiuhtlapohualli calendar

Answer 17

It was the Aztec solar calendar similar to ours. It was used for agricultre and planting.

Question 18

Describe the tonalpohualli calendar

Answer 18

It was the aztec’s sacred calendar. It was used for predicting the future.

Question 19

Why do you think time was important to the Aztecs?

Answer 19

It was important to the Aztecs because it was all related to the end of time.

Question 20

Would the Aztec Sun stone be considered a primary source or secondary source?

Answer 20

I think it is a primary source because it is a thing and it is not a secondary source because that is a source that can only be described.

Question 21

How are the two calendars related

Answer 21

They both do something like telling the future or tell went to plant different types of things.

Question 22

What kinds of information is on the Sun stone

Answer 22

It tells about five different worlds with suns and how they all died. Scientists predict that we live in the sixth sun.

Question 23

How are the calendars similar and or different than the one we use today

Answer 23

They all tell time and they describe things like rituals and seasons.

Question 24

What is the New Fire Ceremony and how did it work

Answer 24

It was a ceremony that happened every 52 years and it accoured to prevent they end of the world a human sacrifice was made and all light was lit out and was lit back from one special fire.

Question 25

In what ways was the new fire ceremony like the way we celebrate the coming of a new year

Answer 25

The 52 years was a century it was a special day for one person who was sacrificed for them they believed that they would go to god and it was a day were people had a fresh start to a new century. It is like our new year cause we have a fresh start to.

Question 26

How do the the two calendars influence the way the Aztec live their life

Answer 26

they feared that life would end by the sacred calendar which predicted the future and the other calendar kind of supplied food by telling when to plant food and that prevented famine.