aztec time

Question 1

xiuhtlapohualli

Answer 1

This was their main calendar,

Question 2

veintena

Answer 2

is the Spanish-derived name for a 20-day period used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican calendars.

Question 3

meztli

Answer 3

was a god or goddess of the moon, the night, and farmers.

Question 4

xihuitl.

Answer 4

I analyze the way the Mexica expressed their cognition. Xihuitl covers a range of meanings: ‘turquoise’, ‘grass’, ‘solar year’, ‘comet’, ‘preciousnes.

Question 5

nemontemi

Answer 5

In all the his-story books these days are erroneously called bad luck days, no good days, nemontemi means what has been live and to complete the cycle.

Question 6

tonalli

Answer 6

Means “day, warmth of the sun” in Nahuatl.

Question 7

Trecene

Answer 7

is similar to what we call a week. The nature of a day is also influenced by a force related to its number.

Question 8

Tonalpohualli

Answer 8

“count of days” in Nahuatl, is an Aztec version of the 260-day calendar in use in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.

Question 9

Trecena.

Answer 9

is a 13-day period used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican calendars. The 260-day calendar (the tonalpohualli) was divided into 20 trecenas.

Question 10

Vientena

Answer 10

A veintena is the Spanish-derived name for a 20-day period used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican calendars.

Question 11

xiuhmolpilli

Answer 11

“year bundle,” is a stone monument created to commemorate a New Fire Ceremony.

Question 12

Quetzalcoatl.

Answer 12

a chief Toltec and Aztec god identified with the wind and air and represented by a feathered serpent.

Question 13

Yohualtecuhtli

Answer 13

‘Turquoise Lord’ was the Aztec god of fire and also closely associated with young warriors and rulers.

Question 14

tlequauitl

Answer 14

The High Priest cut out the heart from the living victim and a fire was kindled in the empty chest cavity using the sacred firestick drill,

Question 15

Xiuhtecuhtli

Answer 15

Turquoise Lord” or “Lord of Fire”), was the god of fire, day and heat.

Question 16

temple of Huitzilopochtli

Answer 16

The Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Mexica peoples in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City.

Question 17

Templo Mayor pyramid.

Answer 17

was a vast complex of religious buildings in the center of Tenochtitlan, the capital city of the Aztec Empire

Question 18

pulque beer.

Answer 18

is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey plant? It is traditional to central Mexico, where it has been produced for millennia.

Question 19

Toxhiuhmolpilia

Answer 19

as the Aztecs themselves called it, was by far the most important event in the religious calendar because, quite simply, if the ceremony failed, then the Aztec civilization would end.

Question 20

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

Answer 20

xiuhtlapohualli, tonalpohualli
the symbols,
names
time

Question 21

Describe the xiuhtlapohualli calendar in 2-3 sentences.

Answer 21

Each year began with a festival to honor the god of rain, Tlaloc. This calendar existed long before the Europeans recognized there were 365 in a year. The calendar regulated agricultural activities, such as planting and harvesting, and determined market days.

Question 22

Describe the tonalpohualli calendar in 2-3 sentences.

Answer 22

consists of a number and a symbol or daysign. Each daysign is dedicated to a god or elemental force, the provider of tonalli life energy for the day.

Question 23

Why do you think time was important to the Aztecs?

Answer 23

so they knew when to worship their god.

Question 24

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

Answer 24

a primary because if they lost the sun they would all die.

Question 25

How are the two calendars related?

Answer 25

they both are used in the Aztec time.

Question 26

What kinds of information is on the Sun stone

Answer 26

date, what to worship, names of gods

Question 27

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

Answer 27

they have the 350-day cycle they have 18 mounts but we have 12.

Question 28

What is the New Fire Ceremony and how did it work?

Answer 28

they had to blow out all the lights in te area then sacrifice a body then burn the blood and light up all the homes in the area.

Question 29

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

Answer 29

they got the names from the calendar and they found out their gods .