Ancient civillzations

A Look at the

Mississippian, Maya,

Aztec and Inca

Civilizations

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Learning About Time

Watch the “Commonly Asked Questions about Dates” video on
Schoology to learn about the abbreviations/key words listed
below. As you watch, pause the video and write in your own
words what each of these means.

What does B.C. stand B.C means before christ
for when looking at A.D means Anno Domini

dates?

What does A.D. stand
for when looking at

dates?

What does B.C.E. stand B.C.E means Before common Era
for when looking at
dates?

What does C.E. stand C.E means common Era
for when looking at

dates?

What do c. and ca. When you put a date and ca. That
stand for when looking mean the year is in common Ara

at dates?

Multiple-tier Timelines

Multiple-tier timelines use two or more rows of events.
While each row represents a different subject, the time
period is the same.

Multiple-tier timelines can be used to help us look at
cause and effect relationships or patterns and themes
among events in a specific period of time.

We will be using a multi-tier timeline to show the rise
and fall of four early civilizations in the Americas: The
Mississippian, Inca, Maya, and Aztec and look for
RELATIONSHIPS between the dates.

The

Mississippians

At the end of this unit,
you will insert at least
three images on this page
that you feel represent
the Mississippian people.
Delete this text box when
this is complete.

The Mississippians people were a unique
civilization that truly proved that relationships
purposeful.In addition, the Mississippians people
lived in the southern united states.They made their
homes alone the Mississippian rivers. They
gathered stones from area’s they lived and used to
trade. One way that the Mississippians people
purposeful kept their civilization alive was thought a
strong system of government. The Mississippians
people worshiped there leaders like they spoke to
god's. They believed the sun talked to gods.The
society was also arranged in very purposeful way.
The Mississippians people had their four classes.
1: Sun 2: Nobles 3: Honored 4: lower class. Also,
the people believed that serpent had supernatural
powers had such they wanted to please them.
Finally, the Mississippians people had an incredibly
purposeful relationship with gods. Many of the jobs
people he'd gave people the goods needed. Some
of these jobs included: Fishing, farming, hunting
and craftsmanship. The people worshiped the sun
because on dumes day the snake eats the sun. as
you can see, the Mississippians people had
purposeful relationship to each other environment.

Where in the World…
Were the Mississippian Located?

Directions: Use the shape tool to add color to the areas
where the Mississippian people lived. Use the text box
tool and arrow tool to create labels that point to the area.

Mississippians are
located

What’s This?

Study this picture and then answer the questions
on the next page.

What’s This?

Use the picture on the previous page to answer the following
questions.

I think it’s a serpent What is
this?

It looks like an egg What is the
circle on the
I think that it’s used to left side of the
scare people away.
drawing?

Why do you
think it was
made? What was
it used for?

They were thing to Why do you
make it into a snake. think they
chose this
They made it out of
dirt. shape?

How do you
think they
made this?

The Mounds

Read the Khan Academy article posted in your
Schoology course: Fort Ancient Culture: Great
Serpent Mound. After you read, complete the
page below with your team.

Describe the physical attributes What do archeologists believe
of the Serpent Mound in your might be the reason the mounds

own words: are shaped like a serpent?

It is skiny Because it acts like a snake

Inca’s,aztec’s and They buried their Danielle Knight GO Interactive, 2015
meya’s. dead.

Who is believed to have created What relationship generalization
it? can you make between the
mounds and the people who
built them?

Research the Relationships

Explore the Mississippian links in the Symbaloo posted in your Schoology
course as well as in the books and other resources available in class to
complete this organizer.

What was the government like? When Mississippi became a United States territory
Did powerful relationships exist in 1798, its first government was made up of a
territorial governor, a secretary to the governor, and
between the people and their three judges. ... Just like on the federal level,
leaders? Mississippi has three branches of government: the
executive branch, the legislative branch, and the
How was their society set up? judicial branch.
What were the types of jobs
people had? Were the jobs people It was composed of a series of urban settlements and
did purposeful for the civilization? satellite villages (suburbs) linked together by a loose
trading network,

Describe their religion. Did the Mississippi is divided up into six major cultural
relationship the people had with regions: The Delta, The Red Clay Hills, The
their gods and religious leaders Appalachian Foothills, The Black Prairie, The Piney
Woods, and the Gulf Coast. ... Because of this, each
follow rules? ofMississippi's regions has developed its own
unique history and cultural traditions.

What did the people invent, create, Corn, beans, squash, sunflowers, goosefoot,
or trade that allowed them to sumpweed, and other plants were cultivated. They
exchange ideas or values with also ate wild plants and animals, gathering nuts and
others they had relationships fruits and hunting such game as deer, turkeys, and
with? other small animals. Mississippian people also
collected fish, shellfish, and turtles from rivers,
streams, and ponds.

What was the agriculture like? Mississippi's most valuable crops are cotton and
What food did they eat? How soybeans. Production of cotton generates about
13% of the state's total agriculutural receipts.
did they grow it? What Mississippi is a leading (#3) cotton-producing
relationships did the people state. Also grown are substantial quantities of corn
have with their environment? for grain, rice, and sweet potatoes.



The Maya

The Mayan people were people that were unique in a way and
they had a purposeful relationship. The Mayan had a purposeful
relationship because they had a good government and it was put
together well and it was strong. The mayan live in Central America.
First, came the priests they were the people who were at the top of
the Mayan government. They got all the stuff they wanted, they got
money from the slaves and they sometimes let them keep some of it.
Then, came the nobles their the one that have a choice if they want
to work or not. Some days they work but others they don’t, they have
money but not a lot of it. Next, comes the merchants and craftsmen
they make all of the tools so the whole village can work and make
the weapons for the government. After that comes the peasants just
like the merchants and the craftsmen but they do lots of the work
and get to keep some of the money that they receive. And then
comes the slaves they are the ones that have no money and they
are treated well but they do all the work. And that is how they have
purposeful relationship with a strong government.

Where in the World…
Were the Maya Located?

Directions: Use the shape tool to add color to the areas
where the Mayan people lived. Use the text box tool and
arrow tool to create labels that point to the area.

This is What is the approximate latitude
and longitude of the location you
were the colored?
mayans 16°N 90°W
live.
What might the weather be like in
this location based on the latitude
and longitude? It would be cold
because there far away from the
equator.

Ancient Maya
Concept Map

Replace this example with your own concept map!

The Mayan Government/
Social Structure

-Priests

Most powerful
people-The people
believed they could

talk to the God

Nobles

Did not have to pay taxes. Could
choose if they wanted to have jobs or

not. Lived easy lives.

Merchants and Craftsmen

Some were peasants who wanted a better life and
some were nobles that wanted a job. They made art

or ran businesses.

Peasants

Most Mayan people were peasants. They worked very hard. Most were
farmers and lived outside the city. Peasants who worked as craftsmen
were able to live in the city and had a slightly better life. If there were

no captured warriors or slaves available, peasants were usually the
ones sacrificed to the god

Slaves

These people were the lowest class. Many times they were treated better than the peasants, but
they had no rights. They could be children whose parents had died, people who were captured
in war, or people who committed crimes. Slaves were usually the ones chosen for sacrifice to

the gods.

Mayan Religion Mural

Use this space to write a 2-3
sentence explanation of your
mural and how it depicts an
element of the Mayan religion.

Mayan Language and
Number Systems

This is showing my name and my birth date.

Determine the Relationships

Explore the Mayan links in the Symbaloo posted in your Schoology course as
well as in the books and other resources available in class to complete this
organizer.

What was the government like? The Mayans developed a hierarchical government
Did powerful relationships exist ruled by kings and priests. They lived in
independent city-states consisting of rural
between the people and their communities and large urban ceremonial centers.
leaders? There were no standing armies, but warfare played
an important role in religion, power and prestige.

How was their society set up? Maya Social Structure. Maya society was rigidly
What were the types of jobs divided between nobles, commoners, serfs, and
people had? Were the jobs people slaves. The noble class was complex and
did purposeful for the civilization? specialized. Noble status and the occupation in
which a noble served were passed on through elite
family lineages.Aug 29, 2017

Describe their religion. Did the The village chief acted as the leader of political
relationship the people had with life, as well as the priest. He was responsible for
their gods and religious leaders standing between his people, and the otherworld.
He performed important religious ceremonies,
follow rules? that the Mayans believed would earn the favor of
those in the otherworld, and bring about their
blessings.

What did the people invent, create, As the Maya slowly took over the region from the
or trade that allowed them to Olmec, the Maya built on the many clever ideas of
exchange ideas or values with these earlier people. For example, the Olmec
others they had relationships created a solar calendar. The Maya, using their
with? knowledge of astronomy, and building on the Olmec
solar calendar, created the most accurate calendar
in the ancient world.

What was the agriculture like? In the swampy lowlands, the Maya built raised earth
What food did they eat? How platforms, surrounded by canals, on which they
could grow crops. ... In the dense forest, they used
did they grow it? What a slash and burn technique to create a flat surface
relationships did the people to plant crops. They dug canals throughout the
have with their environment? fields to irrigate the crops.

The Aztec

At the end of this unit,
you will insert at least
three images on this page
that you feel represent
the Aztec people. Delete
this text box when this is
complete.

The Aztec had a well-developed system one is how they use their land they use their
land to hunt because they need food to stay alive so that why they hunt. One of the
purposeful relationships with the system is religion. Their religion was Mesoamerican
and they were happy that they got named what they're called now. The meaning
mesoamerican means that they lived in central America. Another purposeful relationship
is with their government. They had a relationship with their government because their
government made the village and they should thank the government. And also their
government had to hunt and also the slaves had the hunt too and they work together
and that’s why they have a purposeful relationship with the government. The last
purposeful relationship is where they lived. They lived in Central America from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. When they first moved in they did not have much land but when
they went into wars they and gand until they owned from south side of Central America
to the other side. That is why they have a purposeful relationship with their governments,
gods, religion, and land.

Where in the World…
Were the Aztec Located?

Directions: Use the shape tool to add color to the areas
where the Aztec people lived. Use the text box tool and
arrow tool to create labels that point to the area.

What is the approximate latitude
and longitude of the location you
colored? 120 W and 15 N

What might the weather be like in
this location based on the latitude
and longitude? It would be cold.

Ancient Aztec
Concept Map

The Aztec Government/

Social Structure Laws:

The aztecs had a

very sophisticated

Government: The emperors code for the law.
At the top of the Were at the top There were
Of the social numerous laws
government structure there.. against stealing and
was the property damage.

emperor's, then

the Then comes the other

officials the second in

command of the

government was the

cihuacoatl.
Then comes the law they stop all the

people from getting into trouble.

The center of the aztec government was the capital city of
tenochtitlan. This was the empire as well as the majority of

the Nobles lived. At its peak under montezuma II,
tenochtitlan is thought to have have had a population of

200,000 people.

Aztec Sun Stone
Calendar

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If you got sacrificed you had a
beautiful afterlife was awesome and

that why it affect their life.
.

Determine the Relationships

Explore the Aztec links in the Symbaloo posted in your Schoology course as
well as in the books and other resources available in class to complete this
organizer.

What was the government like? The Aztec government was similar to a monarchy
Did powerful relationships exist where an Emperor or King was the primary ruler.
They called their ruler the Huey Tlatoani. The Huey
between the people and their Tlatoani was the ultimate power in the land. They
leaders? felt that he was appointed by the gods and had the
divine right to rule.

How was their society set up? Aztec society was a highly complex and stratified
What were the types of jobs society that developed among the Aztecs of central
people had? Were the jobs people Mexico in the centuries prior to the Spanish
did purposeful for the civilization? conquest of Mexico, and which was built on the
cultural foundations of the larger region of
Mesoamerica.

Describe their religion. Did the Aztec religion is the Mesoamerican religion
relationship the people had with practiced by the Aztec empire. Like other
their gods and religious leaders Mesoamerican religions, it had elements of human
sacrifice in connection with a large number of
follow rules? religious festivals which were held according to
patterns of the Aztec calendar.

What did the people invent, create, The Aztecs would build their houses similar to
or trade that allowed them to mountains. They did this because they believed the
exchange ideas or values with mountains protected the rain from coming in and
others they had relationships hitting their buildings. The great city Tenochtitlan is
with? a great example of Aztec Architecture.

What was the agriculture like? Aztec agriculture in the heart of the empire used
What food did they eat? How chinampas for their crops. Chinampa is a method
of farming that used small, rectangular areas to
did they grow it? What grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Mexican
relationships did the people valley. Chinampas were essentially artificial islands
have with their environment? created for the crops.



The Inca

At the end of this unit,
you will insert at least
three images on this page
that you feel represent
the Incan people. Delete
this text box when this is
complete.

In this paragraph, you will be learning about what the Inca’’s life plan let's get right into the detail one of them is
what they drank. They drank corn beer and what they had to pay for corn beer in 30 cents. One reason is where
they lived.It was cold where they lived.they lived at 0 N and 90 W and that is the latitude and longitude. The Inca
lived in the Andes Mountains in South America. Their range stretched from southern Chile thought Argentina,
Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and into southern Colombia. Another topic is what they ate. The Maya, Aztec, and Inca
civilizations ate simple food. Corn was the central food in their diet, along with vegetables such as beans and
squash. Potatoes and a tiny grain called quinoa were commonly grown by the Incas. The last topic is what was
their government. The Inca government was called the Tawantinsuyu. It was a hard job being ruled by a single
leader called the Sapa Inca. The emperor or king of the Inca Empire was called the Sapa Inca, which means
"sole ruler". He was the most powerful person in the land and everyone else reported to the Sapa Inca. And that
is all of the reasons and topics to all of the incas and the rulers.

Where in the World…
Were the Inca Located?

Directions: Use the shape tool to add color to the areas where the

Incan people lived. Use the text box tool and arrow tool to create
labels that point to the area. Complete the questions in the box.
Delete this text box when you are finished.

What is the approximate latitude
and longitude of the location you
colored? 75W and 30N
What might the weather be like in
this location based on the latitude
and longitude? It would be cool.

Ancient Inca
Concept Map

Replace this example with your own concept map!

The Inca Government/
Social Structure

Sapa
inca
Villac umu
Royal family
The noble class
Inca by privilege
curactus
Tax collectors
Record keepers
artitines
farmers

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Architeces

Inca Religion,
Science, Roads,

Language

Determine the Relationships

Explore the Inca links in the Symbaloo posted in your Schoology course as
well as in the books and other resources available in class to complete this
organizer.

What was the government like? The Inca government was called the
Did powerful relationships exist Tawantinsuyu. It was a monarchy ruled by a single
leader called the Sapa Inca. Sapa Inca - The
between the people and their emperor or king of the Inca Empire was called the
leaders? Sapa Inca, which means "sole ruler". He was the
most powerful person in the land and everyone else
How was their society set up? reported to the Sapa Inca.
What were the types of jobs
people had? Were the jobs people Inca society. The Inca society was the society of
did purposeful for the civilization? the Inca civilization in South America. The Inca
Empire, which was centred in what is now called
Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and southern Colombia and
lasted from 1438 to 1533 AD, represented the
height of this civilization.

Describe their religion. Did the Inca Religion. The Incas believed that the god
relationship the people had with Viracocha created the earth, stars, and all living
their gods and religious leaders things.They believed that he created the moon and
the sun by plucking them from an island in Lake
follow rules? Titicaca. Inti, the god of sun was another important
god.

What did the people invent, create, They also invented a flute, a drum, the famous Inca
or trade that allowed them to panpipe (a collection of hollow tubes of various
exchange ideas or values with lengths stuck together), terrace farming, freeze
others they had relationships dried foods, aqueducts, strange and scary art, a
with? central government, a unified language, woven
colorful textiles, gold and silver jewelry and statues,
specialized .

What was the agriculture like? The crops they grew included maize (corn), squash,
What food did they eat? How beans, chili peppers, and cacao (cocoa), which is
used to make chocolate. The Incas faced difficult
did they grow it? What conditions for agriculture.
relationships did the people
have with their environment?