Ancient Civilization

A Look at the

Mississippian, Maya,

Aztec and Inca

Civilizations

Ancient Civilizations
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Eva Frasher

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 stands for Before Christ, it is
for when looking at used on The Gregorian or Christian.

dates? A.D stands for Anno Domini. Anno
Domini Is latin for in the year of the
What does A.D. stand
for when looking at lord.

dates?

What does B.C.E. stand B.C.E stands for Before Common
for when looking at Error.
dates?
C.E stands for Common Error or AD
What does C.E. stand because it means the same thing.
for when looking at

dates?

What do c. and ca. C. or C.A stands for Circa
stand for when looking Approximate. This means we don’t
know the exact date of something.
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

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Http://www.powwows.com/the-great-serpent-
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The Mississippian people unique civilization that truly prove that
relationships are purposeful. The Mississippian people lived primarily in the
Southeastern United States. They made their homes along the Mississippi
and Ohio rivers. They gathered stones from areas they lived in and used
them to trade. In addition, the Mississippian people purposefully kept their
civilization alive was through a strong system of government. The people
were led by a chief whom they called a sun. The people believed the leaders
had connections with the gods so they worshiped their god.The society was
also arranged in a purposeful way. They had jobs to keep the society going,
there jobs were farmers, craftsmen,hunting, and fishing. Ty had four classes,
the four classes were 1.sun, 2.noble, 3.honored men /women 4.lower class.
The Mississippian people had an incredible purposeful relationship with their
god. They built temples and mind to worship them. The serpent is critical to
the Mississippian because it had a purposeful relationship and that they
believed that the serpent had supernatural powers. As you can see, the
Mississippian people had purposeful relationships to each other and their
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.

Mississippi
People
Location

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.

It is a serpent mound What is
this?

IIi think it is a egg What is the
because they eat circle on the
eggs left side of the

To burry their drawing?
perished people
Why do you
think it was
made? What was
it used for?

It represents the dead Why do you
think they
With dirt and chose this
handmade carving
shape?
tools
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?

The serpent mound is They are shaped like a

1,300ft long and 1- 3 ft in serpent because it said

height.Its head is in the that they might have

east and its end is believed that the native

pointing west americans worshiped

snakes and reptiles. It

also says that it can be

telled that their can tell

the solar eclipse.

The Mississippians

The Ft. Ancient Culture show that Danielle Knight GO Interactive, 2015

who were influenced by relationships are

the Mississippians. purposeful this

situation because they

are burying their dead

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Who is believed to have created can you make between the

it? 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? A Lot of people had relationships
Did powerful relationships exist with their leaders because they said
that they were their gods. Their
between the people and their government was set up like what
leaders? their beliefs were.

How was their society set up? They were a mound building society
What were the types of jobs and some jobs that they had were be
people had? Were the jobs people a farmer,craftsman,fisherman, and
did purposeful for the civilization? hunters.4 classes, suns, Nobles,
Honored men/women lower class..
Describe their religion. Did the
relationship the people had with The Mississippians made their
their gods and religious leaders religion powerful and a political
center. Yes they did follow rules
follow rules? because they always did what their
leader/god told them what to do.
What did the people invent, create,
or trade that allowed them to The Mississippians traded spoons,
exchange ideas or values with scrapers, and hoes for whelk and
others they had relationships conch shells. They would make other
with? stuff to trade in for, for example they
would care figures or designs.

What was the agriculture like? The Mississippians were dependant
What food did they eat? How when they grew food. They never
really helped other farms. What they
did they grow it? What grew was beans, squash, and
relationships did the people



The Maya

The Mayan civilization had a powerful relationship with their gods and priests. The
Mayan had many cities. They lived around Belize and Guatemala. That is there a little
bridge connects to Columbia. They traded like what the Craftsman made or what the
farmers had cropped. Also, the Mayan government had Kings and Priests. The Kings
would find a law while the Priests would have to approve. They believed that the gods
would put these thoughts in their head. There society and cities were arranged in a
certain way. The jobs that the Peasants had to do to keep their society going. The jobs
were craftmans, farming, and merchants. The Nobles could chose if they wanted to have
a job or not. The Mayan people had a wonderful, powerful relationship with their gods.
They had a lot of sacrifices to keep their gods happy. They also listened to what their
gods wanted in the Priests minds. The Priests think that if the gods put a thought in their
mind they should do it. As You might think or hear, the Mayan had powerful relationships
with their gods and Priests.

Where in the World…
Were the Maya Located?

Maya The longitude is 16℃ and the
civilization latitude is 90℃ W

I think the weather would probably
hot and a lot of sun.

Ancient Maya
Concept Map

This is my thinking but in a organized way

The Mayan Government/
Social Structure

Priests

These people were the
most powerful people.
The people believed
they talked to Gods.

Nobles

These people would get to chose to live a
easy or job working life. They lived very well.

Merchants and Craftsmen

Some peasants wanted a better life while nobles wanted a
job. They made art or ran businesses.

Peasants

Most Mayan people were peasants. They had a very hard life and job.A lot of
Mayans were farmers and they lived out of the city while others lived in the
city, they were mostly craftsmen and they had a slightly better life.if there
were no more slaves or warriors then they would be the ones who would be
sacrificed

Slaves

These people were lower class. Many times people treated them good but
some were bad. When you were in the lower class you would probably die
and so would your parents. or something else happened

Mayan Religion Mural

Replace this mural picture with your own.

In our mural, we drawed their
Social Structure, their jobs, their
Gods and their culture. This is
very important to their culture
because they did a lot of what we
made in our picture.

Mayan Language and
Number Systems

This picture is showing my name.
The letter they did not have was
v, So my name in Mayan symbols
is Eooa .

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 people in the Mayan government was the Kings and
Did powerful relationships exist Priests. The Kings were connected to the Nobles but the
kings make laws. They did have a powerful relationship
between the people and their with the Priests because they believe that the Priests
leaders? would speak to the gods about everything.

How was their society set up? There jobs were craftmans, farming, and merchants.
What were the types of jobs The kings made laws and the priests talks to the gods.
people had? Were the jobs people Yes, their jobs was important to the civilization because
did purposeful for the civilization?
that's what kept them alive and safe.

Describe their religion. Did the The Mayan religion was very powerful. The ranks would
relationship the people had with always have a powerful relationship with the Priests
their gods and religious leaders
because they believed that the priests would talk to the
follow rules? gods and they would talk back. THey very did follow
rules because if you did not you could be a sacrifice.

What did the people invent, create, They Mayan kids made a game in their leisure time. It
or trade that allowed them to was called the ceremonial game. What some Mayan
exchange ideas or values with people traded was people because they would do
others they had relationships sacrifices. ANother one is they would trade there stuff
with?
like food or what they had made.

What was the agriculture like? The Mayans agriculture was very rocky. They used basic
What food did they eat? How and flint axes so that they could clear vines and
underbrush. THe food they ate was chili peppers,
did they grow it? What
relationships did the people watermelon, sweet potato, vanilla, tobacco, and many,
have with their environment? many more. They relationship was powerful because
they depended on the animals and food because that's

how they would live.



The Aztec

In the Inca civilization, I think that they showed the true meaning of a purposeful
relationship First, The Incas lived in the Western part of South America. The Incas
lived in the Andes mountains somewhere in South America. They ranged from Chile
all the way to Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador. It was 0 degrees and it could
be up to 45 degrees. It was very cold there. Secondly, Their government was very
strong while they were alive. The government's job was to take care of the elderly,
the poor and the sick. That is why they built bridges so that they can transport
water and food. The government would also distributed foods in needed cases. To
this day there is no government like the Incas. Number one because they had an
organized government and number two they were very fast to act to anything. In
addition, The Incas were very strict but very unique on their religious practices The
Incas had lots of gods or deities and they lived on heaven and earth, they had
certain purposes. These also were three realms, the first one was Hanan Pacha
god, the celestial of the sky. Uku Pacha, the inner earth god and lastly Cay Pacha,
the outer earth where humans lived gods. Lastly, The learning they did was difficult
for many people. They wrote and spoke Quechua Academy. There is no signal for
the Quechua language. How they got these languages was because instead of a
linguists called a dialect chain from most of the Western South America. As you
can see, the Inca civilization was very purposeful in their own way. What are other
things that make the Inca civilization a purposeful civilization?

Where in the World…
Were the Aztec Located?

What is the approximate
latitude and longitude of the
location you colored? 23°N1/2
and 105°W
What might the weather be like
in this location based on the
latitude and longitude? The
weather would be hot and
humid.

Ancient Aztec
Concept Map

The Aztec Government/
Social Structure

Government: Laws:
Their was a
Some of their
one time
forgiveness law Textil laws were were
and they would
Right below the murder,drunken
be forgiven if empire
they went up to ness,Robbery

a priest and Piplin and property
forgiven.
Below the Techtil were damage.

the Pipeliner Nobles

Pochettes
Their was a special class of Aztec

the Pochteca

Muchcauattinthe
Common people in society called Macchiato The

Slaves
At the bottom of the Aztec their were slaves

Aztec Sun Stone
Calendar

Religion notes

It had impacted their lives because they had human sacrifices
and they would give souls for their gods. They would always
worship and have respect for their gods. They all thought that
when they did a sacrifice that one of the gods might give them
something in return.

.

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 Monarchy
Did powerful relationships exist where the Emperor or King was the primary
ruler. They called ruler Huey Tlatoani. Huey
between the people and their Tanoai was the ultimate power they felt that he
leaders? was appointed by the gods and had a divine
right rule. He decided when to go to war what
to tribute the lands he ruled would pay the
Aztecs.

How was their society set up? Kings ruled the Aztecs tribes, The Pipelines
What were the types of jobs [Nobles] were second in thrown so they got
people had? Were the jobs people treated very well, The Pocheatea were treated
did purposeful for the civilization? well to, they did not have to do anything if they
did not want to. The much tithe were the most
Describe their religion. Did the common people and lastly there were slaves
relationship the people had with and they got treated not well, they were mostly
their gods and religious leaders used for the human sacrifices.

follow rules? Their beliefs that their actions did could please or
displease the gods. The believed that their were 13
heavens and 9 hells. They always had a lot of sacrifices

to please their gods.

What did the people invent, create, The Aztec people wrote in glyphs. They
or trade that allowed them to developed advanced calendars to track every
exchange ideas or values with decision they made throughout the year. They
others they had relationships created aqueducts to bring fresh water to the
with? cities. They traded with people from far away

for luxury items.

What was the agriculture like? swampy areas provided growing challenges, so
What food did they eat? How they created chimanpas to grow their crops.
These “floating gardens” (man-made islands in
did they grow it? What the swamps)provided the food the people
relationships did the people needed. They grew maize, beans, squash, and
have with their environment? made ways to eat popcorn and chocolate. The
people believed that the gods had control over



The Inca

In the Inca civilization, I think that they showed the true meaning of a purposeful
relationship First,
The Incas lived in the Western part of South America. The Incas lived in the Andes
mountains somewhere in South America. They ranged from Chile all the way to
Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador. It was 0 degrees and it could be up to 45
degrees. It was very cold there. Secondly, Their government was very strong while they
were alive. The government's job was to take care of the elderly, the poor and the sick.
That is why they built bridges so that they can transport water and food. The government
would also distributed foods in needed cases. To this day there is no government like
the Incas. Number one because they had an organized government and number two
they were very fast to act to anything. In addition, The Incas were very strict but very
unique on their religious practices The Incas had lots of gods or deities and they lived on
heaven and earth, they had certain purposes. These also were three realms, the first
one was Hanan Pacha god, the celestial of the sky. Uku Pacha, the inner earth god and
lastly Cay Pacha, the outer earth where humans lived gods. Lastly, The learning they did
was difficult for many people. They wrote and spoke Quechua Academy. There is no
signal for the Quechua language. How they got these languages was bec

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? THe approximate is 23°
latuitude and 75° longitude
What might the weather be like in
this location based on the latitude
and longitude? It would be in the
50’s or in the 60’s.

Ancient Inca
Concept Map

The Inca Government/
Social Structure

Sapa Inca[ Monarchy]
he was the sole ruler
Viceroy [Closest adviser] Just
below the Sapa Inca and
works as its closest adviser

High priest [Willaq Umu] he was a
very powerful man. He was in
charge of their religion.
Governors quarter. The Inca was divided up
into four quarters.

Council of the realm The Sapa Inca also had
men advised on major matters.
Military generals The general was very close to the
Sapa Inca

Other officials they do different things for certain
things. Or they are under one of these.

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? These were four quarters and each quarter had
Did powerful relationships exist a top Inca. They were called the Apu’s, they also

between the people and their had three sub Apu’s helping him with the
leaders? administration.

How was their society set up? The Inca society was ruled by the ancestors of
What were the types of jobs the original people. The jobs they had was
people had? Were the jobs people
did purposeful for the civilization? Artists, Sourcers, Emperors, herders. Their jobs
were purposeful because it helped their

community and if they did not have jobs their
community would fall apart.

Describe their religion. Did the The Incas believed the god Viracocha created
relationship the people had with earth, stars and all living things. Inti was the god
their gods and religious leaders of Sun. The Incas did follow rules because they

follow rules? practiced daily offerings and if it was very
important it would be a animal or a human.

What did the people invent, create, The Incas invented the flute and the drums gold,
or trade that allowed them to jewelry and statues, and they traded food and
exchange ideas or values with they exchanged ideas and values with other
others they had relationships
with? people in these community.

What was the agriculture like? The Farmers made maize, coca, beans, grains,
What food did they eat? How potatoes, sweet potatoes, ulluco, oca,
mashwa, pepper, tomatoes, peanuts,
did they grow it? What
relationships did the people cashews, squash, and cucumber. They had
have with their environment? a very purposeful relationship with these
environment because they would not be
able to live without these environment.