Aztec Combined

Maya

• Central America and Southern Mexico

• Pyramid temples

• Cities ruled by priest and nobles

• Economy- Trade and Agriculture

• Skilled in mathematics- number system based on 20, a symbol for zero

• Created a calendar of +365 days a year

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Where did the Maya live?

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Would you want to build your city in the middle of a lake?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

What are the advantages of building your civilization on an island in a lake?

Open Ended

What are the disadvantages of building your civilization on an island in a lake?

Multiple Choice

Which farming method used by the Aztecs involved creating small islands in lakes and swamps for planting crops?

• Planting sticks

• Slash and burn

• Chinampas

• Terracing

Open Ended

How did Tenochtitlan being built on an island in Lake Texcoco influence Aztec farming?

Finish the sentence: Tenochtitlan being on an island forced the Aztecs to use...

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Chinampas

Planting Sticks

Terrace Farming

Slash and Burn Agriculture

What methods did each civilization use?

Aztec only method

Maya only method

Both

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As humans got better at farming and were able to produce more ​

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, not everyone had to ​

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. People could start to do other jobs and buy food from farmers. We call that​

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and it is one of the eight aspects of civilizations.

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food

farm

job specialization

Multiple Select

Based on the social pyramid, which groups in Aztec society were considered lower classes?

• Rulers

• Nobles

• Merchants and Artisans

• Enslaved People

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Put the following in order from Most to Least power.

• Ruler

• Nobles

• Merchants/ Artisans

• Common People

• Enslaved people

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• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

What did the Aztec think would happen if they did not sacrifice to the sun god?

• The sun would not rise, causing darkness and the end of the world.

• The moon would take over, causing endless night.
• The sun would shine brighter, bringing prosperity.
• The earth would become barren and lifeless.

What are laws supposed to do?

Why might laws be a sign of a complex civilization?

​Achievements

​The Maya’s religious beliefs led them to make impressive advances in science. They built large observatories, or buildings from which people could study the sky, so their priests could watch the stars and plan the best times for religious festivals. With the knowledge they gained about astronomy, the Maya developed two calendars. One, with 365 days, guided farming activities, such as planting and harvesting. This calendar was more accurate than the one used in Europe at that time.

Multiple Choice

The Mayas were skillful 

• astronomers
• farmers
• mathematicians 
• all of the above

Open Ended

What do you use writing to do? Think of all the different reasons you might write something in a day.

Multiple Choice

The Aztecs wrote pictographs in books called ___, which recorded tribute and laws.

• codices
• tablets
• scrolls
• manuscripts

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Multiple Select

Which of the following statements about the Aztecs and chocolate are true?

• Chocolate was made from cacao beans.

• Cacao beans were used as currency.

• Chocolate was despised by rulers

• Chocolate was introduced to Europe by the Aztecs.

Multiple Choice

How did the use of cacao beans reflect their importance in Aztec society?

• They were used as currency and for making a prized chocolate drink.

• They were used only for decoration.

• They were used to build pyramids.

• They were ignored by the Aztecs.

What do you think could have caused something like the Aztec civilization to be destroyed?

Multiple Choice

Were the Aztecs polytheistic or monotheistic?

• polytheistic

• monotheistic

Multiple Choice

Chinampas were

• a type of crop grown in an Aztec garden

• a type of Aztec fruit

• a floating garden that Aztecs grew crops on

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

The Aztec religion consisted of human sacrifices.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Who was Hernan Cortez?

• An emperor of the Aztecs

• A Spanish conquistador who led the attack on the Aztecs

• a translator between the Aztecs and the Spansih

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

Which disease contributed to the downfall of the Aztecs?

• Chickenpox

• Smallpox

• Covid-1500s

• Common Flu

Multiple Choice

The Aztecs went to war sometimes just to capture people to sacrifice them to the gods.

• True

• False