In analyzing Aztec cosmology Question 30 options: a) its description reveals a totally unique approach unrelated to religious belief. b) it is the basic format for all monotheistic practices. c) it assumed the existence of divine and material worlds. d) it was copied from that of the Anasazi. e) the ultimate reality was the destruction of the individual soul.

Answer: c) it assumed the existence of divine and material worlds.

Explanation: The Aztec Empire was large geographically and highly populated. It had defined cultural practices and a cosmology that believed that there are two distinct worlds: a material world and a divine world. The material world is the earth, which they believed is flat and bordered by bodies of water on all sides. The divine world housed the gods and is made up of places similar to heaven and hell.

Quetzalcoatl

Explanation:

A The worshipping of the sun - and other deities - is not a unique approach but it is religiously related.

B As stated in A the Aztec people were not monotheistic; they had many gods, like Tlaloc, the raingod.

C I sense a contradiction between the divine or imaginary world and the material (and physical) world.

D The Anasazi was a native American tribe with no connection with the Aztec people.

E As in other religions their ultimate goal was to erase the individual self for the sake of the group. Nevertheless their cosmological vision is very interesting and highly developed. Just look for Quetzalcoatl