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1500 BCE to 1550 CE

Meso-American & South American Civilizations

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Essential Question: What makes a complex society complex?

Meso-American & South American Civilizations

1500 BCE to 1550 CE

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Read Aloud: You are studying the Aztec Civilization. Write down: Guiding Question: Should historians emphasize agriculture or human sacrifice?

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Aztec Artifacts

As a group, explore each artifact. This includes examining, discussing, and writing answers to questions about the artifact. You can write notes on paper or type on your computer. Make sure you save your notes somewhere safe!

Artifact 3: Ritual Human Sacrifice

Ritual: a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order. Sacrifice: an act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to God or to a divine or supernatural figure.

Artifact 1: Territorial Acquisitions by Aztec Rulers

Terrirotial: relating to the ownership of an area of land or sea. Acquisition: buying or gaining an asset or object.

Artifact 2: Chinampas

Final Question

Artifact 1: Territorial Acquisitions by Aztec Rulers

  • First, click on the map.
  • Then, follow the directions to analyze the artifact.
  • When you are finished return to the artifact list.

Artifact list

Artifact 2: Chinampas

1. First, click on the picture. 2. Then, follow the directions to analyze the artifact. 3. When you are finished return to the artifact list.

Artifact list

Artifact 3: Ritual Human Sacrifice

Read the text below and then click on the picture. The Aztecs believed that the gods had sacrificed themselves for the well-being of human beings and that it was necessary to offer human sacrifice in return.

Artifact list

Read Aloud: Now it is time to answer your guiding question. Write down your answer to: Should historians emphasize agriculture or human sacrifice? You must write in complete sentences and include evidence from the activity.

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