Pre-Columbian Societies
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Essential Question: How can the criteria used to define a civilization be applied to Pre-Columbian societies? How do the Pre-Columbian societies such as the Aztecs, Inca, and Maya compare and contrast in their ability to survive as a civilization? |
| Settlement Patterns | Did these people live in a large and thickly populated settlements? What did their cities look like? Did they have large public buildings in their cities? Describe what their houses looked like. |
| Government | Describe the government of these people. What kind of rules of laws did they have? Who made their laws? Who was the leader? |
| Economy | What were the main jobs or occupations of these people? Did this group produce and store surplus food and other goods? Describe the kind of trading that occurred in this civilization. |
| Society | What were the social classes? Who was the most important? Least important? |
| Art | What kinds of art did these people appreciate? |
| Religion | What did these people worship? What did they know about the person or thing they worshiped? |
| Technology | What kinds of technology did these people invent? What kinds of science did these people develop? Did these people have a written language? |