Question

paying tribute included giving gold or human sacrifice victims to a larger, more powerful empire. which empire forced others to pay tribute?
aztec empire
inca empire
spanish empire
portuguese empire

Explanation:

The Aztec Empire is known for its practice of demanding tribute, which included gold and human sacrifice victims. The Inca Empire had a different system of labor - based tribute (mita). The Spanish and Portuguese Empires were more focused on extracting resources like precious metals (in a more economic - mining sense rather than the specific form of tribute with human sacrifice as described) and establishing colonies for trade and religious conversion.

Answer:

A. Aztec Empire