Toltec culture - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

A “Wall of Serpents” and four Atalantean columns are among the surviving art from this culture’s capital city. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this Postclassic culture whose empire was governed from Tollan (“TOLL-lawn”), or Tula.

ANSWER: Toltec culture

[10e] This later Mesoamerican culture claimed the Toltecs of Tollan as their ancestors, with the word “Toltec” taking on the meaning “artisan” in Nahuatl. This culture ruled the last indigenous empire in the Valley of Mexico.

ANSWER: Aztecs [or Mexica; prompt on Nahua]

[10h] This legendary king, later conflated with Quetzalcoatl, migrated the Toltecs to Tollan, introduced the cult of the feathered serpent, and either died in a burning boat at Tlapallan or went east to found cities across Mesoamerica.

ANSWER: Cē Ācatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl [accept Cē Ācatl or One-Reed]

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Canada	Main Site	Y	12	11.67	92%	17%	8%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	11.25	88%	25%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	8	12.50	100%	13%	13%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	11.67	83%	25%	8%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	8.75	75%	13%	0%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%

Data


Berkeley A	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
UC Irvine	UCSD C	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	UCLA B	0	10	0	10
Arizona State	UCSD A	10	10	0	20
UCSD B	UC Santa Barbara	10	10	0	20
Simon Fraser	Brock	0	10	0	10
UBC B	Guelph	0	10	0	10
McGill A	Carleton University	0	10	0	10
McGill B	Toronto G	0	10	0	10
Ottawa	McMaster A	10	10	0	20
Waterloo A	Toronto B	10	10	10	30
Waterloo B	Toronto E	0	10	0	10
Toronto F	Western B	0	10	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	McMaster B	0	0	0	0
Queen's	UBC A	0	10	0	10
Toronto D	Western A	0	10	0	10
Toronto C	Western C	0	10	0	10
Berkeley C	Berkeley B	0	10	0	10
Stanford A	Berkeley D	10	10	0	20
Michigan C	CWRU A	0	10	0	10
Central Florida B	Central Florida A	0	10	0	10
Florida A	Central Florida C	10	10	0	20
Florida B	Florida C	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	Ohio State A	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Pittsburgh	0	10	0	10
Michigan State	CWRU B	0	10	0	10
Northwestern B	Chicago A	10	10	0	20
Chicago B	Indiana C	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame A	Chicago C	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	Chicago D	0	10	0	10
Purdue B	Chicago E	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame B	Illinois B	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Indiana B	10	10	0	20
Illinois A	Northwestern D	0	0	0	0
Washington A	Carleton College	10	10	0	20
Washington B	Claremont	0	10	0	10
Minnesota A	Iowa State	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech A	Missouri B	0	10	0	10
Texas A&M A	Murray State A	0	10	0	10
Texas A	Texas B	10	10	0	20
Alabama B	WashU B	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Tennessee A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Bruin	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Louisville B	0	10	0	10
Louisville A	Kentucky	0	10	0	10
Mississipi State	Sewanee	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt B	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
WashU A	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Cambridge A	Bristol	10	10	10	30
Cambridge C	Southampton B	10	10	0	20
Cardiff	City St. George's	0	0	0	0
Durham	Birmingham	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	Edinburgh A	0	10	0	10
Montpellier	Edinburgh B	0	10	0	10
Imperial B	LSE	0	10	0	10
Imperial C	Warwick B	0	10	0	10
Oxford A	Manchester	0	10	0	10
Oxford C	Oxford B	0	0	0	0
UCL	Southampton A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge B	Warwick A	10	10	0	20
Johns Hopkins B	Georgetown	0	0	0	0
NYU C	Johns Hopkins A	0	0	0	0
Maryland A	Swarthmore	0	10	0	10
Columbia C	Maryland B	0	10	0	10
NYU A	Vassar	10	10	0	20
NYU B	Columbia A	0	10	0	10
Columbia B	Rutgers A	0	10	0	10
Rutgers B	Catholic	0	10	0	10
Rochester	Binghamton A	0	10	0	10
Cornell C	Binghamton B	0	10	0	10
Cornell B	Penn State	0	10	0	10
RIT	Cornell A	10	10	0	20