Morgans interactive notebook

A Look at the

Mississippian, Maya,

Aztec and Inca

Civilizations

Ancient Civilizations
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Morgan

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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 Before christ
for when looking at Anno Domini

dates?

What does A.D. stand
for when looking at

dates?

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

What does C.E. stand Common Era
for when looking at

dates?

What do c. and ca. Ca:Circa and C:century
stand for when looking

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.

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The
Mississippians

The Missisippians were a tribe of native
americans, they were known for building
mounds henceforth they were called the mound
builders. They mostly ate
corn,squash,deer,turky and more. And also
They made jewlery and potery. The
Missisippians were very religeous, they belived
the sun was a god and cheifdoms were the
suns decendants.

The Missisippians
were mostly farmers, the commoners did all the
work while the Elites ( small group of children but had a higher

social standing than commoners)

Were just hanging around.
Usualy the Missisippians used tools such

as digging sticks, stone axes, and fire for daily
jobs, they used stone, marine shells, and more for
materials and made gorgets( decorative neck pieces).
Mounds,potery,and jewlery were the Missisippians
finest work they valued it too. The Missisippians were
very inteligent and hardworking.

Where in the World…
Were the Mississippian Located?

What is the approximate latitude
and longitude of the location you
colored?
What might the weather be like in
this location based on the latitude
and longitude?

What is the approximate latitude and longitude of the location you colored?
33 degrees north and 83 degrees west.
And relative location would be georgia or florida.
What might the climate be like in this location based on the latitude and
longitude?
And the climate would be 70-80 in summer and 10-40 in winter.
How would this affect the way people live in this area?
They would have to prepare for every season

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. *Note these answers are all based on your
observations at this point!

The Surpent Mound What is
this?

The animal the surpent What is the
was eating some type of circle on the
left side of the
egg.
drawing?
We think it was a burial groun
for the dead with belongings Why do you
think it was
they liked because they made? What was
belived in the after life. it used for?

the missisipians belives in mithyical Why do you
creatures.The Great Serpent think they
chose this
represented a malevolent creature
whereas the Horned Serpent and shape?

Feathered Serpent.Th

I think they made the mound with dirt being How do you
pushed into place and molded and then put think they
made this?
the stuff in it..

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 mound was believed The serpent mound was

to have supernatural shaped like a serpent

powers and believed to because native

be a clock or compass. It americans believed that

was built by the acieent they had powers and

fort people. they were superior.

The fort acient people because The fort acent Danielle Knight GO Interactive, 2015
are belived to have bult people believed they

the surpent mound. had super powers
the mound sybalizes

it.

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? Chiefdoms were a special social
Did powerful relationships exist organization that is split between
elites and commoners. Elites are
between the people and their made up of relatively small group of
leaders? children but had a higher social

How was their society set up? standing than commoners
What were the types of jobs
people had? Were the jobs people The mississippians jobs were very
did purposeful for the civilization? important, most mississippians were
farmers, they grew crops for the
Describe their religion. Did the tribe. The commoners did most of
relationship the people had with the work because the elites were
their gods and religious leaders pamperd.

follow rules? The mississippians believe that
chiefdoms were descendants from
What did the people invent, create, the sun th
or trade that allowed them to y thought the sun was a god.
exchange ideas or values with The mississippians crafted things out
others they had relationships of stone marine shells, and made
with? gorgets( decorative neck pieces)

What was the agriculture like? the mississippians ate corn ,
What food did they eat? How squash,beans,sunflowers,goose
foot,sump weed, . they also ate other
did they grow it? What animals like deer and turkeys they
relationships did the people also collected fish sea shells and even
have with their environment?
turtles from the river.

The native americans were very
diffrent,each tribe had diffrent language
and life styles. Here in the united states,
used to be the homes of indians like the
kwakwaka’waka and the chinookan just to
name a few, the maya ,inca,and aztecs
made very complex civilizations . some
indians were nomadic that means they
travled with the seasons and animals they
depended on, and others masterd
farming so they have more permanate
homes. But unfortuanately most of the
indians died, due to bad living conditions
and diseases caused by white settlers.
Indians and the settlers had very hostile
relationships. Many belived the indians
crossed a land bridge form russia to
alaska called the bearing strait.

The Maya

The mayans were indians with advanced
technology and social skills. They had a calendar
of their own, and chiefs,also they had good
crafting skills for pottery and jewelry. They had
priests and nobles too. Also They had religious
beliefs to gods like Maze the god of corn, they
wanted to appease gods so they did all kinds of
rituals like sacrifice and burning incense. And
then They built temples for kings to live in. They
wrote in glyphs, they were more like sounds than
words though and they don't have any G’s or R’s.
Government is set up differently, they had pheasants
and elites, pheasants did all the work and elites just
had a higher social standing and just lounged
around.

. How did the relationships the Maya had with
each other and their environment affect their
civilization? the mayans lived by eating both meat
and vegetables like: fish, peppercorn, deer, corn, and
much more so the civilization could live and thrive.
They also got resources like clay and mud from the
ground so they could build houses and make pottery



Where in the World…
Were the Maya Located?

Map from ducksters.com What is the approximate latitude and
longitude of the center of the Maya
Empire?90 degrees west and 15
degrees north.

What might the climate be like in this
location based on the latitude and
longitude? North west of mexico, the
climate would be very hot. And would
not get as cold in winter because it is
15 degrees north.

How would this affect the way people
live in this area?
This area would have to wear thin
clothing so they won't get hot.

The Mayan Government/
Social Structure

The mayan believed that their king had
the power to rule like the gods. Leaders of
the mayans were called halach or ahaw.

Priests were powerful
figures, in some ways
kings were considerd
as priests too.

The nobles were excluded for paying taxes and
chose if they wanted a job or not if a noble
commited a crime they would have a worse
punishment that commeners..

The mayan military leaders were called
nacom, if the chief died they would

retreat and not battle in the following day.
Men had to contribute as warriors when

the king wanted.
Commoners were not allowed to wear clothing because
of th nobles . they were also not allowed to talk directly
to the king. They would have to pay taxes to the kings
and nobles to help them

Overview of Mayan government:

Mayan Religion Mural

We chose to draw the four gods of the mayan
religion. We chose this because we thought that it
is a very important part of their religion. Each of us
used the description of the god we chose and
drew an image of the characteristics of the god

Mayan Language and
Number Systems

My glyphs of my name mean
moyin, the codex did not have Gs
or Rs.

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 Mayan government, or Empire,
Did powerful relationships exist was not as usually governments are
today. They didn’t really have a main
between the people and their
leaders? part of their Empire. This kind of
Empire was known to have many
How was their society set up? different cities or states, and each
What were the types of jobs different city/states had their own
people had? Were the jobs people noble or leader. All of them still had
did purposeful for the civilization? the same language and believed in
the same GODS. All of these cities
Describe their religion. Did the were pretty much similar in every
relationship people had with way! Although they were often at
thetheir gods and religious war with each other. They didn’t
leaders follow rules? have a lot of time to themselves

because of this.

What did the people invent, create, The Mayans had a caste
or trade that allowed them to system.The upper caste was
exchange ideas or values with composed of rulers, nobles and
others they had relationships priests. The middle caste were
with? businessmen, merchants and
soldiers. The lower caste was
What was the agriculture like? made up of farmers and slaves.
What food did they eat? How (see more about social standings

did they grow it? What in slide 15)
relationships did the people
have with their environment?

Ancient Maya
Concept Map

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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.

At the end of this unit, you will write a
well-developed paragraph in this space explaining
what you learned about the Aztec people. You
might want to include who the Aztec people were,
what they valued, how their society was set up, the
relationship generalizations you uncovered while
learning about the people, etc. *Note: Your pictures
on page 4 should relate to this paragraph!

Where in the World…
Were the Aztec Located?

Map from ducksters.com What is the approximate
latitude and longitude of the
center of the Aztec Empire?
20 degrees north and 121
degrees west. The center of
the aztecs empire hisa
located in mexico the might
the climate be like in this
location based on the
latitude and longitude?
The climate would be warm
based on the latitude and
longitude
How would this affect the
way people live in this area?
The weather would be
Good for planting but it
could get chilly in the night.

The Aztec Government/
Social Structure

King/emperor

The emperor did not interfere with the

ruling of the city, when the emperor died the select a
knew emperor from a group of high ranking nobles.

tecuhtli

The t echuli were below the emperer, they
were rulers in different cities and were very
wealthy and lived in palaces.

Pochteca

The pochhuc were a high class of merchants,they were
considered respected jobs,.they traveled very long to bring home
luxury goods.

The macehualtin were common people, including farmers, warriors, and

Mcraaftcsemhanusa.lalitteirnthey started to get a higher social standing

The slaves were at the bottom of the social community. The

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They can buy their freedom and the

children slaves were not slaves.

Inca Government:

Aztec Sun Stone
Calendar

The rainbow sunstone
calander.

This sunstone calander represents the
religeon of the acient aztecs because
the color, there are alot of oranges blues
and purples, those are the colors that
ancient aztecs wear and those are the
colors of some of the gods.

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 a very unique system in their tim
Did powerful relationships exist city, they’d build over top of it with new roads. This enabled
rich and powerful.
between the people and their
leaders?

How was their society set up? In the Aztec culture, education was free for all because it w
What were the types of jobs Girls were to care for earning the trades required for havin
people had? Were the jobs people war songs.
did purposeful for the civilization?
The Aztec people made many different things
Describe their religion. Did the late 15th century, and somehow got lost fo
relationship the people had with sun-stone, but we do know that it was par
their gods and religious leaders

follow rules?

What did the people invent, create, .
or trade that allowed them to religion in different ways, one of their persona
exchange ideas or values with burned incense of made clay figurines. There wa
others they had relationships
with? The Aztec people made many different things
late 15th century, and somehow got lost fo
What was the agriculture like? sun-stone, but
What food did they eat? How
T
did they grow it? What The Aztecs ate eggs, geese, deer, rabbits, and fish. They als
relationships did the people was tamales. This was a kind of maize dough mixed with, be
have with their environment?

Ancient Aztec
Concept Map



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.

At the end of this unit, you will write a
well-developed paragraph in this space explaining
what you learned about the Incan people. You
might want to include who the Incan people were,
what they valued, how their society was set up, the
relationship generalizations you uncovered while
learning about the people, etc. *Note: Your pictures
on page 4 should relate to this paragraph!

Where in the World…
Were the Inca Located?

What is the approximate latitude and
longitude of the center of the Inca
Empire?
74 west and 16 degrees south
The west part of south america
What might the climate be like in this
location based on the latitude and
longitude?
The summers are warm and cold in
winters.

How would this affect the way people
live in this area?

They would have good farming land
and need to wear thinner clothing
during the summer and thicker
clothes in the winter.

Map from ducksters.com

The Inca Government/
Social Structure

The Inca Government:

Inca Social Structure

Noble classes

The emperor or king was called the Sapa Inca. He was at the top of the
Inca social class and was considered a god in many ways. Also included
in the Noble Class is the priest, Royal family(heirs to the throne and
queen), people who first established the city of Cuzco, and finally people
called Inca-by-privilege, these people were not the original Inca to rule,
but the government needed more people in the government so they
created this class.

Public administrators

These people ran the government in the low level. Curacas were the leaders of the tribes
that Inca conquered. These people would be moved if not loyal.They were also very
important tax collectors.

Usually were farmers. They grew crops for the tribe and they also grew it for trading with
other tribes. Also the commoners which can also be called Curcas.

Ayllu

The basic unit of Inca society was the ayllu. The ayllu was a number of families that worked together almost like one large
family. Everyone in the empire was part of an ayllu.



Determine the Relationships

Explore the Incan 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.

The government has 3 preached laws. Do not steal, Do not lie, and
Do not be lazy. The government has 4 parts. Noble classes, Public

What was the government likeA?dministrators, commoners, and Ayllu. That are all very important.
Did powerful relationships exiTshtere were laws such as to honor the sun god which’s name is Inti.

between the people and their
leaders?

ow was their society set up? Usually the kids or children of the tribe would go to school, or have education. There were two separate
schools for Boys and Girls. The boys would learn how to fight also war history and songs, the girls learned

hat were the types of jobs how to trade, cook, and craft. For there future.

eople had? Were the jobs people

d purposeful for the civilizatioTnh?e inca people believed in gods and believed they

lived in three realms, hana pacha the celestial realm,

Uku pacha the inner earth, and cay pacha the outer
Describe their religion. Did twheorld where the humans live. They also mummified
elationship the people had with
heir gods and religious leaders the dead.

follow rules?

The incas made bridges on mountain peaks and no

hat did the people invent, creatoen, e in the empire were starving or homeless they
also traded and had an economy.
trade that allowed them to

xchange ideas or values with

hers they had relationships

th?

The inca grew potatoes, peanuts, peppers, cotton

What was the agriculture likef?or clothing and much more. They also spent some

What food did they eat? How of their time on boats fishing

did they grow it? What

relationships did the people

have with their environment?

Ancient Inca
Concept Map

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