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1.4 I. [GOV]
Historical Developments:
Historical Developments:
In the Americas, as in Afro-Eurasia, state systems demonstrated continuity, innovation, and diversity, and expanded in scope and reach.
In the Americas, as in Afro-Eurasia, state systems demonstrated continuity, innovation, and diversity, and expanded in scope and reach.
KEY WORDS:
KEY WORDS:
Mayan Empire
Aztec Empire
Inca Empire
chinampas
Mita system
Machu Picchu
1.4 I [GOV]: Identifying supporting evidence in a text.webmSkills:
Skills:
1.A: Identify a historical concept, development, or process.
1.B: Explain a historical concept, development, or process.
3.A: Identify and describe a claim and/or argument in a text-based or non-text-based source.
Environmental Factors Shaped the Societies in the Americas
Environmental Factors Shaped the Societies in the Americas
Unique environmental characteristics in the Americas resulted in civilizations & relationships between societies that differed from those in Afro-Eurasia. While the Americas did develop many complex & technologically advanced societies like the Mississippian people, the Maya, Aztecs, & the Incas, nowhere in the Americas did a trans-continental power like the Abbasid Empire or a trading empire like the Song dynasty develop.
Impacts of Environmental Factors on American State Formation
Impacts of Environmental Factors on American State Formation
While there are exceptions and variations across the Americas, the following were common features of state systems in the Americas. Notice how the environmental factors above resulted in smaller governments and less economic exchange.
Latin & South America Had More complex State Systems
Latin & South America Had More complex State Systems
Latin & South American societies sometimes had larger formalized government & social systems like those in Afro-Eurasia. Below are four common characteristics of Latin & South American societies:
THREE AMERICAN EMPIRES:
Maya, Aztec, & Inca
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