Aztec Society

question 40

Multiple Choice

Aztec society

• A)focused its religious interest on "the holy one," Huitzilopochtli, the only god in the monotheistic Aztec system of religious belief.
• B)did not possess a writing system as such, although it developed hieroglyphs.
• C)dedicated the sacred precinct in central Tenochtitlán to the rain god, Shiva, and to Huitzilopochtli.
• D)did not sharply delineate gender roles.
• E)was egalitarian in theory but hierarchical in practice.

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Definitions:

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