Question

What motivated the Aztecs to conduct human sacrifices?

A. they believed that Huitzilopochtli needed the nourishment of human blood to fight the forces of evil in order to rise the next day

B. they conducted human sacrifices in order to keep people in check and make sure that people did not threaten the power of the Emperor

C. they did not actually conduct human sacrifices historians made the whole thing up to make the Aztecs seem worse than they were

D. they were just really mean and did not value life at all and conducted human sacrifices in order to eliminate people from society

Answer 1

B

Step-by-step explanation:

Aztec priest, using razor sharp objects didn't blades, sliced open the chest and of sacrificial victims and offered their still beating Hearts to the gods. Then they tossed the victim's lifeless bodies down the steps of the Towering templo mayor.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. . they believed that Huitzilopochtli needed the nourishment of human blood to fight the forces of evil in order to rise the next day.

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