Unit 2: Civilization and Grammar Concepts

What are the key components of a civilization?

• Farming, worshiping gods, making pottery

• Religion, leadership, laws and working together

• Looking for new homes

• Building ships, creating maps, sailing

What were Tepew (T) and Q’uk’umatz (Q) trying to create?

• A new language

• A civilization

• A new religion

• A new world

What was different about the corn men compared to the mud/clay and wood people?

• Corn men were stronger

• Corn men were weaker

• Corn men were more intelligent

• Corn men were less intelligent.

How did the Aztec and Inca explain the creation of their land and people?

• The Aztec and Inca believed their land was created by natural disasters.
• The Aztec and Inca thought their people emerged from ancient animals.
• The Aztec and Inca explained creation through scientific theories of evolution.
• The Aztec and Inca explained the creation of their land and people through divine intervention by their gods.

After the Golden Age (800-900AD), the Maya began moving to drier locations; why?

• To establish a new capital city.
• To find new trade routes.
• Prolonged droughts and the need for a life without mud.

• To escape from invading forces.

Annotate (write) a Mayan myth, explain what a myth is, and discuss its association with the Mayans.

• The story of a Mayan princess who fell in love with a Spanish conquistador.
• The Mayan myth of the Sun God, who created the world in seven days.
• A tale about a giant serpent that brought rain to the Mayan cities.
• An example of a Mayan myth: The god of the heavens asked the gods Tepew and Qukumatz to help create the Earth. A myth is something that is make believe

What term describes a complex society with cities, a well-organized government, and workers with specialized job skills?

• Civilization

• Nomadic

• Domestication

• Migration

What term describes a complex society with cities, a well-organized government, and workers with specialized job skills?

• Civilization

• Nomadic

• Domestication

• Migration

What was a key feature of Mayan architecture?

• Skyscrapers

• Domes

• Step pyramids

• Suspension bridges

What led to the rapid fall of the Aztec empire?

• The arrival of Spanish conquistadors and the impact of diseases.
• The construction of the Great Wall of China.
• The invention of the printing press in Europe.
• The rise of the Inca civilization in South America.