Chapter 7 Flashcards
tombs often reflected a person’s ________, or position or rank in society.
Identity
The Incas kept track of ________, or population,data.
Quipus
Maya writing consisted of ________, or symbols.
Glyphs.
The emperor ________ was mostly responsible for
the great expansion of the Inca Empire.
Pachacuti
The Aztecs forced the people they conquered to pay
________, a type of tax.
Tribute
The Anasazi developed ________ architecture
around AD 750.
Pueblo
The Maya practiced ________, a method of farming
that involves burning vegetation to clear land for
planting.
Slash-and-burn agriculture.
a. Recall Why did the Hopewell and Mississippian
people build mounds?
b. Explain How did the Hohokam and the Anasazi
adapt to their environment?
c. Make Judgments Based on what you know
about early North Americans’ different types of
social organizations and ways of adapting to the
environment, which culture do you think was the
most advanced? Explain your answer.
a. The mounds tell us about the cultures of these societies.
b. They learned how to farm in the desert and to build their homes out of local materials.
c. Mississippian is most advanced because they had mathematical and engineering, and a social division.
a. Identify Which group of people built the first
true city in Mesoamerica?
b. Compare and Contrast In what ways were the
Maya and the Aztec civilizations similar? How
were they different?
c. Support a Position Do you think people who
were conquered and became part of the Aztec empire benefited by being part of the empire?
Why or why not?
a. Olmec
b. Thay all were farmers at the beginning.
c. No, because they had to pay many tributes to the empire, it caused them to found it difficult to survive
a. Describe What were some of the main achievements of the Incas?
b. Explain What methods did the Inca use to
maintain unity and stability in their empire?
c. Elaborate In what way did the organization of
Inca society benefits members of the lower class?
In what way did it burden them?
a. Building and metalwork.
b. They created a cooperative community called an ayllu.
c. Thay had to pay labor tax.
What do the Mississippian mounds tell us about
the culture?
Tell us the technology of mathematical
and engineering skills that they had. And their social division.
How did the early Maya benefit from the environment of Mesoamerica?
They benefited from good rainfall and rich soils of the rain forest
How did the Aztecs create one of the strongest
empires in the Americas?
They gained wealth and strength through trade and tribute,
Based on the image and explanation on pages
208–09, what general statement could you make
about life in the Aztec Empire?
There was a big division between the king, nobles and the common people,
Why was the Inca government strong?
The Incas made leaders of conquered areas move out of their villages. They then moved into new leaders who were honest with the Empire.
