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    World History 2 Name ___________________________

    Unit 3 - The Americas & Exploration Date ____________________ Per ___

    Notes - The Americas


    Warm up:

    What do you see in the image on the smart board?

    What do you think about the image?

    What does the image make you wonder about?

    Label the locations of the Aztec and Inca empires on the map below:
    I. The Aztec Empire _____________________________________________
    A. Settled in __________________________________________
    B. Built their capital city, Tenochtitlán in the middle of a _________________________
    1. Why would they do that?
    C. Used ____________________________________ (floating gardens) to grow food.
    D. Political Structure
    1. Also known as the _____________________________________________
    2. Created a ____________________________________ with two other city-states to create an
    empire
    a) Tlacopan & Texcoco
    3. Conquered people were required to pay _____________________________________________
    a) Clothing, military supplies, _______________________, ___________________
    4. Experienced _____________________________________________
    E. Religion
    1. They were _____________________________________________
    2. Most important gods:
    a) _____________________________________________ - god of war
    b) Tlaloc - god of rain
    3. Huitzilopochtli would lose energy in a constant battle against approaching darkness
    → so Aztec world was always on the brink of catastrophe
    4. To restore Huitzilopochtli’s energy the sun required
    ___________________________________________
    a) _____________________________________________
    b) Prisoners of war
    F. Society
    1. Aztec _____________________________________________ had roles both in and out of the home
    2. They had important roles in ____________________________
    3. Cooking, cleaning, raising children
    4. Also served as officials in palaces, priestesses, ______________________, teachers
    G. Economy
    1. Trade
    2. _____________________________________________ & _____________________________________________
    3. Every settlement had a _____________________________________________
    a) “Every kind of merchandise such as can be met with in every land is for sale
    there, whether of food… or ornaments of gold and silver.”
    II. Inca Empire - _____________________________________________
    A. Located in _____________________________________________
    B. Capital city: _____________________________________________ (in
    _____________________________________________)
    C. Also known as the Inka
    D. Inca Political structure
    1. Inca also required _____________________________________________ from people in their
    empire
    2. Was in the form of _____________________________________________
    a) Building roads
    b) Terrace farming
    3. Had a more complex bureaucracy than the Aztecs
    E. Inca Religion
    1. Inca ruler was the descendant of their _____________________________________________ and
    the son of the _____________________________________________
    2. Conquered people had to learn about Inca religion and
    _____________________________________________ but could continue their own religious
    traditions
    World History 2 Name __________________________________
    Unit 3 - The Americas and Exploration Date ________________________ Per _____

    Graphic biography questions

    1. What is the main idea of the comic?

    2. Who was Macuilxochitl and how does she describe herself?

    3. She describes the Tenochtitlan (Aztec) conquest of Tlacotepec as “forays for flowers [and]
    butterflies.” What does this mean?

    4. How does the artist use art and design to emphasize and demonstrate the importance of tribute?

    5. Complete this sentence about the Aztecs:

    I used to think:

    But now I think:

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