This epoch ended when the earth split open and spewed a rain of fire.
What is the Third Sun (Fire Rain)
100
The sacred calendar was created by combining each of the thirteen numbers with each of the twenty day names to create ________ day names.
What is 260?
100
These two are depicted on the outer ring and represent the universe that surrounds the earth.
What is Fire Serpents?
200
Weighing approximately 25 tons and having a diameter of 3.60 meters the Sun Stone was found buried under the main square of this city.
What is Mexico City?
200
Aside from the sun this was the most important celestial object in mythology and religion of Mesoamerica.
What is Venus?
200
The last day of the cycle who's goddess is Xochiquetzal
What is Flower?
200
Within the sacred 52 year cycle there were _____ periods of _____ years each.
What is 4 and 13?
300
The sun stone is now displayed in this museum located in Mexico City.
What is The National Museum of Archaeology and History?
300
There are many different theories as to who this could be and it is represented in the middle of the circle representing the Fifth and Present Sun
What is The Central Face (Tlaltecuhtli)?
300
This calendar is recognized by having 5 "unlucky" days at the end.
What is the solar year?
300
The Aztecs waited for the Pleiades constellation to cross the mid-heavens at which time this ceremony would be celebrated.
What is the New Fire Ceremony?
400
Universally known as the Aztec Sun Stone or Aztec Calendar the Aztec name was Cuauhxicalli, which means _____________.
What is the Eagle Bowl?
400
The god who can travel into and through the Underworld and who, through sacrifice, surmounts the forces of darkness to transcend death and be reborn as the Morning Star.
Who is Quetzalcoatl?
400
This day's glyph is sometimes just an oval with pointed ends with perhaps a few markings, but can be embellished with an eye, a mouth, and fangs.
What is Flint?
400
These seven glyphs may represent the constellation _____________, but it is more likely that they are the _________________ which is the most important star group for Mesoamerican cultures.
What is the Big Dipper and Pleiades (the Seven Sisters)?
500
The Aztec Sun Stone is carved with many symbols depicting aspects of the Aztec (1)_________, (2) _________, (3) ___________, and (4) ___________.
What is the (1) universe, (2) calendar, (3) history, and (4) beliefs
500
A five pointed glyph that represents the 584-day cycles of Venus that correspond to eight Earth years of 365 days each.
What is a Quincux?
500
This day's glyph helped the souls of the dead across the river of the Underworld to their final resting place and is also known as the companion animal.
What is Dog?
500
In Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec "xiuh" means (1)________, (2)_________, or (3)__________, and "coatl" means (4)__________ and also (5)__________.
What is (1) fire, (2) year, (3) turquoise, (4) serpent and (5) twin?