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The Aztec and Incan Empires

A Comparative Look at the Two

Greatest Indigenous Empires in North

and South America Before TheirSpanish Conquests

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 Basic Objectives to Know

Brief histories

!ccupations

"oods

#e$igious practices

"ina$ da%s&uestions and answers

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 History of the Aztecs

'rospered through

war and trade

Took near$% a$$ of(e)ico

Autocratic king

Insti$$ed fear intoneigh*ors through

sacrifices

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 History of the Incas

Conquered and

incorporated $oca$

tri*esTook Ecuador to

centra$ Chi$e

+ing ru$ed with caste

s%stem

,ispersed wea$th

!ra$ histor% tradition

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Occupations

A-tec Empire

"ighting wars

Improving techno$og%

"orming cana$s

Trading

Governmenta$ .o*s

Incan Empire

"arming

Improving medicine

"orming roads

/eavers

'u*$ic service .o*sEngineers0Architects

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 Foods

A-tec Empire

1egeta*$es

 2  Corn3 tomatoes3 peppers34

"ruits

(eat

 2  /i$d *easts

 2  5uman $im*s

Incan Empire

1egeta*$es

 2  Corn3 potatoes3 peanuts34

"ruits

(eat

 2  Guinea pigs 6 ducks

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 e!i"ious #ractices

A-tec Empire

Sun worship

5uman sacrifices

"ight against darkness

,ai$% ritua$s

Incan Empire

Sun worship

L$ama sacrifices

(an% $esser gods

,ivine emperor 

(onth$% ritua$s

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 Fina! $ays of the Aztecs

'eak of power 

Large Spanish ships

Be$ieved *enign deit%returned

'opu$ation revo$ted

Empire fe$$

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 Fina! $ays of the Incas

'eak of power 

Brothers 5uascar and

Atahua$pa *egan civi$war 

'i-arro e)ecuted

winner 

'opu$ation revo$ted

#eturned contro$ to

the citi-ens

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%uestions and Answers

/hich empire7s8 operated *% a caste s%stem9

  the A-tecs

  the Incas

  *oth empires

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%uestions and Answers

/hich empire7s8 used cana$s frequent$%9

  the A-tecs

  the Incas

  *oth empires  neither empires

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%uestions and Answers

/hich empire7s8 practiced sun worship9

  the A-tecs

  the Incas

  *oth empires 

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%uestions and Answers

/hich empire7s8 *e$ieved the Spanish were

deities returning to *$ess them9

  the A-tecs

  the Incas

  *oth empires

  neither empires

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%uestions and Answers

/hich empire7s8 ate corn9

  the A-tecs

  the Incas

  *oth empires  neither empires

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