Unit 4: The Americas
What did cooperation between the Mayan city-states bring?
Access to resources through trade.
How did cooperation within the empire enabled the Inca to better control the resources?
All Inca people worked and shared supplies from storehouses when needed.
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Also, check the assessment questions on page 121.
What geographic feature limited the eastward expansion of the Inca empire?
Andes mountains.
What aspect of early Chavin culture do archaeologists think influenced the later peoples of Peru?
Arts and religion
In what capacity could Incan women serve?
As attendants to the sun god.
How did the Sapa Inca strengthen his rule?
By imposing one language and religion across the empire.
How did empire-building benefit farm production?
By providing more labor resources.
What benefit did conquest most likely offer the Aztecs?
Gaining access to more resources.
How much does geography affect people's lives?
Geography has such a huge impact on the way of life, both for people today and for the people that came before modern living. This is especially true for people living in the Americas long before air conditioners, cars, and even the nationwide shipment of food. Where these people lived affected everything down to what they ate and wore because they only had the resources around them and the ones they got through trade. For example, in the South Americas, the Moche, Nazca, and Inca civilizations took advantage of their geographical features such as mountains, gold, and land to function as a true society that has enough resources to provide for everyone. In Middle America, the Aztecs utilized their swampy island to make farming efficient. Using this land, they raised maize, squash, and beans, and soon began to expand their territory and gained more resources to create more surpluses. North America's geography was much more diverse and had more green land than that of their Mesoamerican counterparts. This allowed them more food options such as fish and seals, and also gave them more resources to build homes such as pueblos and igloos. As you can see, where you live can greatly affect what you eat, what you do, and even what your house is made of. These great native civilizations took what they had around them and made history.
Which early culture ruled the area that would later contain the Inca capital?
Huari
What did the Maya use their stone palaces for?
Locations for government events and homes for royal families.
According to your knowledge of Aztec society, a member of which of the following classes most likely recorded the text?
Priests.
In what area of medicine did the Incas make the most notable advances?
Surgical preparation.
What is the main difference between the Aztec and Maya regarding the governing of their societies?
The Maya lived in individual city-states while the Aztecs were united under one leader.
Which culture first developed an understanding of the concept of zero?
The Maya.
Which group of people shared the characteristics described in this text? The Olmec also invented a calendar, and they carved hieroglyphic writing into stone.
The Maya.
What method helped the Maya support their growing population?
The burning down of forests to clear land for new crops.
What innovation enabled the Maya to adapt to their tropical environment and build a great civilization?
The construction of raised fields along rivers.
What practice among the Moche did the Inca adapt to unify their empire?
The construction of roads.
In what ways did the Olmec most clearly influence both the Mava and the Aztecs?
The inclusion of ball courts in ceremonial centers and construction of pyramid- shaped temples.
What was significant about Incan roads?
They allowed armies and news to move rapidly throughout the empire.
