AP WORLD HISTORY, AMSCO CHAPTER 6

Period 2: 600 B.C.E to 600 C.E

Early American Civilizations, Pages 112-128 Absence Date: ______

1.  How does the Moche construction represent government bureaucracy?

2.  What was the Moche economy and trade like?

3.  What was the Moche religion and society like?

4.  How did the Moche go into decline and what caused it to disappear?

5.  How can historians and archeologists tell that the Teotihuacan society had a complex bureaucracy?

6.  What is the connection between the Teotihuacan society and the Mayan?

7.  What was the population of the Mayan culture like?

8.  How did the Mayan culture sustain such a large population?

9.  What was the type of government the Mayan's practices and how did it function?

10.  What was the Mayan kings relationship to his people?

11.  Explain the role of priests both men and women in Mayan culture?

12.  What were some of the great technological achievements the Mayans made?

13.  What led to the decline of Mayan civilization?

(Compare the Mayan and Roman cultures using PERSIA)

Early Writing Systems:

Culture / Time Developed / What Symbols Represent / Approximate Number of Symbols / Direction of Reading Symbols
Sumeria (cuneiform) / Pictures & Phonetic
Egypt (hieroglyphics)
China
Phoenicia (alphabet) / Sounds & Phonetic
Maya

Time Line:

200 B.C.E to 700 C.E. Chavin Andes Mtns. / 200 B.C.E to 700 C.E.
Moche / 150 B.C.E to 650 C.E.
Teotihuacan / 1500 B.C.E to 900 C.E.
Mayan Culture / 1000 C.E
Chichen Itza

Key Terms:

Mayan

Olmec

Teotihuacan

Chichen Itza

Slash and Burn Agriculture

Ayllus

Tribute

Mayan City States

Cuneiform