Maya and Aztec Political States
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Objective
I can compare and contrast political states of the Maya and the Aztec, noting the territories that they controlled, the type of rule each had, and how the ruler attempted to unify the people.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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The Mayan civilization was located in an area including the Yucatan Peninsula, Southeast Mexico, Guatemala, and parts of other countries.
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The Mayan civilization was not a unified empire, but rather a collection of independent city-states, each ruled by a divine king.
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The city of Teotihuacan, near modern-day Mexico City, exerted significant influence over the Mayan cities in the 4th century and may have been the center of a regional empire.
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Which of the following groups of modern-day countries encompass the regions once inhabited by the Mayan civilization?
Which of the following provides the BEST evidence of the Mayan civilization's sophisticated understanding of mathematics?
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“Describe the political structure of the Mayan civilization during the Classical Period. Was it a unified empire, and how did individual cities relate to each other politically?”
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