In What Way Were the Aztec and Inca Empires Similar

question 17

Multiple Choice

In what way were the Aztec and Inca empires similar?

• A) Both had a class of professional merchants known as pochteca.
• B) Both were loosely structured and unstable conquest states.
• C) Both encouraged the assimilation of conquered peoples into their societies.
• D) Both were marginal peoples who conquered and absorbed older cultures.

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Definitions:

Lineage Fission

The division or splitting of a lineage or social group into two or more new lineages or groups, often over disputes or for other social reasons.

Descent Group

A social group whose members share a common ancestry; membership is derived through either the maternal or paternal line.

Patrilineal

A social system in which lineage, inheritance, and social identity are primarily traced through the male line.

Matrilineal

Pertaining to a social system in which lineage, inheritance, and social classification are traced through the mother's line rather than the father's.