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Mid-Unit Assessment

Early American Civilization Mid-Unit Assessment Study Guide

Know Your Civilizations: What three civilizations are studied in Early American Civilizations? Maya, Aztec, and Inca.
Know Your Civilizations: Which civilizations lived in Mesoamerica? Maya and Aztec.
Know Your Civilizations: Which civilization lived in South America? Inca.
Know Your Civilizations: Where did the Maya live? Mesoamerica, mainly the Yucatán Peninsula and surrounding regions.
Know Your Civilizations: Where did the Aztec live? Mesoamerica, mainly in central Mexico.
Know Your Civilizations: Where did the Inca live? South America, mainly along the Andes Mountains.
Know Your Civilizations: What geographic features are associated with the Maya? Rainforests, lowlands, Yucatán Peninsula.
Know Your Civilizations: What geographic features are associated with the Aztec? Lake Texcoco, valleys, central plateau.
Know Your Civilizations: What geographic features are associated with the Inca? Andes Mountains, valleys, terraces, highlands.
Know Your Civilizations: What geographic terms should you know? Mountains, valleys, peninsulas, sources of fresh water.
Key Features of Maya, Aztec, and Inca: What environments did the Maya live in? Rainforests, lowlands, and tropical regions.
Key Features of Maya, Aztec, and Inca: What environments did the Aztec live in? High valleys and lake regions of central Mexico.
Key Features of Maya, Aztec, and Inca: What environments did the Inca live in? Mountainous Andes highlands and coastal plains.
Key Features of Maya, Aztec, and Inca: What were important Maya achievements? Writing system, calendar, advanced mathematics, architecture.
Key Features of Maya, Aztec, and Inca: What were important Aztec achievements? Chinampas (floating gardens), large temples, powerful empire, engineering.
Key Features of Maya, Aztec, and Inca: What were important Inca achievements? Terracing, road system, stone architecture, quipu record‑keeping.
Key Features of Maya, Aztec, and Inca: Why did the Maya decline? Multiple factors — drought, warfare, overuse of land, political conflict.
Key Features of Maya, Aztec, and Inca: Was there one simple reason for the Maya decline? No, it was caused by several interacting factors.
Myths: What is a myth? A traditional story that explains beliefs, nature, or cultural values.
Myths: What are common characteristics of myths? They explain creation, natural events, or cultural beliefs; often include gods or supernatural events.
Myths: How were myths shared in ancient civilizations? Through storytelling, oral tradition, and community rituals.
Myths: Why were myths important to ancient civilizations? They explained the world, taught lessons, and connected people to their culture.
Myths: What is the Maya creation myth called? The Popol Vuh creation story.
Myths: What happened in the Maya creation story? The gods attempted several times to create humans; the final successful creation was humans made from maize.
Thinking Like a Historian: What does it mean to support a statement with evidence? Choose information from the text that best proves the statement.
Thinking Like a Historian: How do you answer, “How do you know?” By citing information directly from the text.
Thinking Like a Historian: What is a cause and effect? A cause is why something happens; an effect is what happens because of it.
Thinking Like a Historian: How do you compare the Maya, Aztec, and Inca without mixing them up? Focus on their unique locations, environments, and achievements.
Thinking Like a Historian: What should you do when two answers look correct? Slow down and choose the one that best fits the question.
Name the three civilizations. Maya, Aztec, Inca.
Where did each civilization live? Maya and Aztec in Mesoamerica; Inca in South America.
Name three things about the Maya. Advanced writing system, calendar, lived in rainforests, built large cities.
How did the Maya adapt to their environment? Built terraces, used slash‑and‑burn farming, created reservoirs.
Name two Maya achievements. Calendar system, writing system, advanced math.
Summarize the Maya creation story. The Maya creation story says the gods made the world, then tried three times to create humans. Mud people failed, wood people lacked hearts, and maize people could think, speak, and honor the gods. Humans made of maize became the true people.
Maya Creation Story: Explain the Mud people. These beings fell apart and could not survive.
Maya Creation Story: Explain the Wooden people. They could talk and build, but they had no hearts or souls and did not remember or honor their creators.
Maya Creation Story: Explain the Maize people. Finally, the gods formed humans from yellow and white corn, and these people could speak, worship, and “keep the days,” which satisfied the gods.
Maya Creation Story: In what order did the gods create humans in the Maya creation story? First mud people, then wood people, and finally maize people.
Define: Know Your Civilizations: Mountains Tall, steep landforms that rise high above the land around them.
Define: Know Your Civilizations: Valleys Low areas of land between mountains or hills.
Define: Know Your Civilizations: Peninsulas Pieces of land almost completely surrounded by water but still connected to a larger landmass.
Define: Know Your Civilizations: Sources of fresh water Places where people can get clean water, such as rivers, lakes, streams, or springs.
 



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