Mesoamerica

Students analyze the Importance of geography in the creation of the Aztecs, Mayan and Incan societies, their achievements and the rise and fall of each of these Meso-American civilizations.

Big Idea: Civilizations across time and space share similar characteristics.

Essential Questions: How did the environment affect the expansion of agriculture, population, cities, and empires in Mesoamerica and the Andean region?Why did the Maya civilization, the Aztec Empire and the Inca Empire gain more power over people and territories?How did Mesoamerican religion develop and change over time? Under the Aztecs, why was Tenochtitlán a site of encounter?

Mesoamerica Standards:

- Importance of geography in the creation of the Aztecs, Mayan and Incan societies
  - Standard 7.7.1 - Study the locations, landforms, and climates of Mexico, Central America, and South America and their effects on Mayan, Aztec, and Incan economies, trade, and development of urban societies.
- Aztec, Mayan and Incan societies - how they started and aspects of the societies
  - Standard 7.7.2 - . Study the roles of people in each society, including class structures, family life, warfare, religious beliefs and practices, and slavery
- End of the Aztec, Mayan and Incan societies
  - Standard 7.7.3 - . Explain how and where each empire arose and how the Aztec and Incan empires were defeated by the Spanish.
- Achievements of each society
  - Standard 7.7.5 - Describe the Meso-American achievements in astronomy and mathematics, including the development of the calendar and the Meso-American knowledge of seasonal changes to the civilizations’ agricultural systems.

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