Which of the following statements explains why the aztec continually waged war? a. the aztec needed prisoners of war to work the land. b. the aztec needed more people to build their pyramids. c. the aztec needed prisoners of war for religious sacrifice. d. the aztec needed to acquire more land for farming to feed their people.

C. The Aztecs needed prisoners of war for religious sacrifice

Explanation:

The Aztecs were people known for being very warlike, and they were constantly engaged into wars with other people. Unlike the other people, the Aztecs were not waging wars primarily because of new land, farmland, slaves, but instead they wages war sot hat they can get war prisoners and sacrifice them to their gods. The Aztecs had gods that were very bloodthirsty, and in order to not sacrifice themselves constantly, they used the people they conquered for sacrifice.

C.) The Aztec needed prisoners of war for religious sacrifice.

Explanation:

The Aztec people defeated many civilizations in their era.

The people in those civilizations became slaves or prisoners.

At that time, the Aztec people believed in many gods and thought that the god's power, would end if they stopped doing human sacrifices.

They didn't want to use their own people so they used the Prisoners of war for religious sacrifice. They kept at war so they had enough prisoners for their religious sacrifice.

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