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Agricultural
Technologies practices
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Government
Social
Structure
Religion
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•Each community had its own
chief
•Called a chiefdom
•Chiefs were in charge of he
citizens and were the religious
leader of their community
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Mississippian
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•Capital City – Tenochtitlan
•Had an Emperor or a king
who rules over all the
people
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Aztec
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•Most cities were monarchies –
power passed in the family
•No separation or very little
separation of government and
religion
•Each city has its own government.
No central government
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Maya
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•Monarchy – power passed from
father to son usually
•Had a strong central government
•Ruler was called Sapa _____,
and was considered to be the
“son” of the sun
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Inca
Miscellaneous
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BONUS Question
•No written language, only
spoken language
•Most known for their
earthen mounds
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Mississippian
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•Slaves, peasants, low class lived
farthest from the center of the city
•Craftsmen. middle class lived closer
to the city than peasants
•Nobles, priests and leaders or rulers
high class lived in the center of the
city
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Maya
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High Class = royal families
Middle class = nobles
Low class = commoners, farmers,
workers
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Aztec
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There were two types of people:
• The elite – chiefs, priests, leaders
of clans (high)
• Commoners – the largest group
made up of warriors, farmers,
workers, craftsman (low)
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Mississippian
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Society was organized like a pyramid
with the emperor and his family at the
top, two classes of nobles below
them, and farmers/peasants at the
bottom
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Inca
Miscellaneous
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BONUS Question
Machu Picchu is this
tribes best preserved
site
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INCA
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•Most powerful god was Inti, the
sun god. He was the giver of heat
and light, father of this tribe
•Worshipped many other gods as
well
•Gods were centered around nature
•Built ceremonial centers at high
elevations to honor gods
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INCA
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•Worshipped many gods, example
god of rain, planets
•To satisfy the gods, human
sacrifices were made
•Their gods were related to nature
•Temples were built to honor their
gods
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Aztec
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•All gods were related to nature.
•Worshipped many gods
•Blood letting and human sacrifice were
ways to honor the gods
•Gods were centered around nature
•Huge stone pyramids in the center of
each city were topped with temples,
which were built to honor gods and
rulers
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Maya
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• Mounds were built of the earth and used
for burial of important people and to
honor their gods
• Worshipped many gods and sun god was
important, human sacrifices found in the
mounds
• Their gods were related to nature
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Mississippian
Miscellaneous
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BONUS Question
•The oceans (Pacific and
Atlantic) affected the Native
American civilizations.
The oceans provided water
for:
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Fishing
Transportation
Trade
Water for crops
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•Palaces built from stone…excellent stone masons
•Reservoirs or lakes and canals & irrigation systems
•Invented the calendar with 365 days on it
•Wrote on stone and in books to tell history with
hieroglyphics
•Wrote city’s history on stone tablets
•Advance mathematicians said to have invested zero
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Maya
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•Calendars
•Advance math systems
•Developed a system of
writing
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Aztec
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•Tools created out of stone,
shells, bone
•Made arrow heads
•Skilled potters
•Had a solar calendar and
advanced math and astronomy
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Mississippian
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•Roads – built thousands of miles of
roads and bridges
•Messenger system
•Skilled stone masons
•Canals and irrigations systems
•Quipu a recoding device of knotted
string
•Only spoken language, no written
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Inca
Miscellaneous
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BONUS Question
In the mountains or on hills, the Aztec, Maya
and Inca feed their people by using a method
where steps are built into the side of a
mountain or hill. Various crops are planted on
each step and when it rains, instead of washing
away all of the nutrients in the soil, the
nutrients are carried down to the next level.
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Terrace Farming
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• Terrace farming
•Made floating gardens or
chinapas to increase crops
•Corn, beans, and squash
were grown and eaten
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Aztec
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•Very good farmers
•Corn was a staple crop
•Hunted Turkey, deer, beaver
•Fished
•Grew squash, pumpkins,
sunflowers
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Mississippian
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•Llamas were important…food, carried
heavy loads, and wool for clothing
•Terrace farming
•Potatoes were a staple crop, because they
grow in a cool climate
•Canals and irrigation systems got water
to crops
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Inca
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•Slash and burn method
•Terrace Hills to hold rows...helped cut down
erosion
•Canals and irrigation systems got water to
crops
•Mostly vegetarians
•Grew things like cotton, sweet potatoes, cocoa
beans, gourds…corn and squash most
important crops
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Maya
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Random Question
Introduced popcorn to the
world
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Aztec