AZTEC AND INCA

ORIGIN/BEGINNINGS

AZTEC'S BEGINNING

• VALLEY OF MEXICO 1250 AD
• GIVEN SNAKE-INFESTED LANDS
• USED SNAKES AS A FOOD RESOURCE
• THE BEGINNING OF THE BELIEF IN QUETZALCOATL

AZTEC'S BEGINNING

• WENT ON JOURNEY TO FIND HOME
• LEGEND: HOME IS FOUND WHEN AN EAGLE SCREAMS AND EATS A SNAKE
• LEGEND WAS WITNESSED
• FOUND HOME IN LAKE TEXCOCO

HIERARCHY/CLASS STRUCTURE

Aztec hierarchy

• EMPEROR
• NOBLES
• COMMONERS
• UNSKILLED LABORERS
• SLAVES

INCA CLASS STRUCTURE

• EMPEROR
• NOBLES
• COMMONERS

SOCIETY'S RULES

inca marriage

• GOVERNMENT MADE MARRIAGE DECISIONS FOR INCA'S PEOPLE

AZTEC TRAINING

• BOYS TRAINED AT YOUNG AGE
• MORE LAND AND PRISONERS FOR SACRIFICE

INCA WARFARE

• MALES TRAINED AT YOUNG AGE
• CAPTURED ENEMIES FOR MILITARY AND FORCED THEM TO LEARN QUECHUA

AZTEC SACRIFICES

• SACRIFICED TO PLEASE GODS
• HUMANS, FOOD, BLOOD, AND ANIMALS

INCA SACRIFICES

• SACRIFICED TO PLEASE GODS
• RARELY SACRIFICED PEOPLE EXCEPT IN DISASTERS/SPECIAL TIMES
• ANIMALS AND FOOD

THE CONQUISTADORS

AZTECS V.S. HERNANDO CORTES

• CORTES WANTED TO ESCAPE THE EXTREMADURA
• SPANISH TRANSFERRED OVER SMALLPOX
• MISTAKEN FOR QUETZALCOATL
• SPANISH TRANSFERRED SMALLPOX TO AZTECS

INCA V.S. FRANCISCO PIZARRO

• GIVEN DETAILS ABOUT THE NATIVES BY CORTES
• SPANISH INVITED ATAHUALPA TO MEETING
• MADE 2 MISTAKES
• INCA INFECTED BY SMALLPOX

ISTE STANDARDS

• 1B: create original works as means of personal or group expression
• 6A: understand and use technology systems
• 6D: transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies