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Module 13
People And Empires In The Americas
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where was the Mayan civilization developed? | Developed in today's southern Mexico and Northern Central America. |
| How long did the Mayan civilization last? | It lasted 650 years. |
| What is one large city the Mayans built? | One city they built is Tikal. |
| What was the Social Class Structure in the Mayan civilization? | Warriors and priests, the middle group of the social class was made up of merchants and craft workers, and the bottom class. |
| What was the center of the Maya society? | The center of the Maya society was their religion. |
| What was a clan like? | They were linked to others who shared a common ancestor. |
| What is a totem? | A natural object or animal that a person, clan, or family uses to show its identity. |
| What did the Hohokam people do? | They found a way to irrigate their crops, developed pottery, and baskets from contact with the Mesoamerican people. |
| How many people can be housed in the largest pueblo? | About 1000 people. |
| What group usually fought for their land? | Native Americans. |
| What made the Mayas and Aztecs barbaric civilizations? | They both had human sacrifices. |
| What led to the decline of both the Aztec and Inca Empire’s? | The Spanish conquered them with their superior technology. |
| What was the main achievement of the Northwestern tribes? | The political alliances. |
| What did the earliest Native Americans live as? | Hunters and food gatherers. |
| How were the Mayans and Aztecs similar? | One similarity is the architecture because of the temples they built. |
| How were the Mayans and Aztecs different? | A difference was that Mayans had God-Kings that were leaders of the city-states while the Aztecs had God-King leaders of the entire empire. |
| How did the Maya civilization come to a decline? | Overuse of natural resources, warfare between the different city-states, and they lost faith in their king. |
| What are pueblos? | Villages of apartment-style compounds made of adobe, stone, and clay. |
| What were the main similarities between Native American cultures? | Respect for land, family, trade, belief in nature spirits. |
| How did Native American cultures view the land that they lived on? | They showed respect for the land. |
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