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Unit 13 - Mayans
Unit 13 - South and Central America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lesson 39 | |
| What was one of the most important resources to the Pacific Northwestern Native Americans? | The sea was the most important of the resources because they hunted for whales. |
| What were 2 achievements of the Hohokam tribe? | They irrigated their crops, and developed pottery and baskets. |
| What shapes did the mounds make from the sky? | The mounds made the shapes of animals when viewed from above. |
| What were similarities between Native American tribes? | They had similar religious ideas, had great respect for the land, and shared an emphasis on the importance of family. |
| How did hunter-gatherers move from Asia to North America? | They traveled over the land bridge called the Bering Strait. |
| Lesson 40 | |
| What are 3 characteristics of a Mayan city? | Thousands of people lived there, they were independent and ruled by a god-king, and had many palaces, temples and pyramids |
| What was the social class structure in Mayan cities? | The upper class: the best warriors and priests. The middle class: merchants and craft workers. The bottom class: peasant farmers. |
| What were important Mayan achievements? | A calendar and astronomy, a writing system, the concept of zero, and pyramids and temples |
| What are 2 possible reasons for the Mayan decline? | Historians think it could be because Mayans lost faith in their religion, or a drought. |
| How many calendars did the Mayans have? | A religious calendar that had 13 months of 20 days, and one that was based on the sun which had 18 months of 20 days. |
| Lesson 41 | |
| Why was the Valley of Mexico a good place to settle? | It is a good place for people to settle because it has lakes and fertile soil. |
| What are 3 achievements of the Aztecs? | Calendars, architecture, astronomy, math, trade, military, development of causeways, a city on a lake, and writing. |
| What was the most important trade item in Teotihuacan? | The most important trade item was obsidian, used to make sharp weapons. |
| What structure measured 200 feet high and 3,000 feet around its base and dominated the city? | The pyramid of the Sun towered over the city. |
| What was the Aztec empire based on? | The Aztec empire was based on military conquest and collecting tribute from conquered peoples. |
| Lesson 42 | |
| Where did the Incas first settle? | The Inca first settled in the Valley of Cuzco, in modern Peru. |
| Who did the Incas believe their leader was related to? | The Inca believed that their ruler was related to the sun god; Inti, |
| What is the name of the "city in the sky"? | "The city in the sky" is also known as Machu Picchu. |
| Why were the Incas known as a welfare state? | They created the first welfare state in that the government took care of people who needed help, such as the very old or ill. |
| What was the Incas writing system called? | Inca never developed a writing system. But, they had a device for counting which was a set of knotted strings called a quipu. |
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