1. Introduction
   1. Describe Diaz impression of Tenochtitlan.
   2. Describe the Aztecs view of trade and religion and how it maintained thier world?
2. States and empires in Mesoamerica and North America
• Who were the archietecs of the Aztec empire?
1. The Toltec and the Mexica
   1. Who emerge in the ninth and tenth centuries after the collapse of Teotihuacan?
      1. How did they transform their capital into a wealthy city?
      2. What was the Toltec capital city and center of trade?
      3. What societies did they aintained close relations with?
   2. What were the reasons for the Toltec decline after twelfth century ?
   3. Arrival of the Mexica (or Aztecs) in central Mexico mid-thirteenth century
      1. Where was the Mexica capital city and when was it built?
      2. What is chinampas?
   4. Fifteenth century, Aztecs launched military campaigns against neighboring societies
      1. Who did the Aztec's conquer and colonize in southwestern Mexico?
      2. What was the triple alliance and how many people did they controll?
   5. What was the main purpose of the triple alliance?
      1. Did the Aztec Empire have an imperial bureaucracy or administration?
      2. What kept the subject people paying the tributes?
      3. How man subject territories payed a tribute to Tenochtitlan?
2. Mexica society
   1. How do we know about Mexica life and society?
   2. Who were the elite at the top of a rigid social hierarchy ?
      1. Describe their life (Mexica elite)?
   3. Describe the role of Women in Mexica society?
   4. What did the Priests in and what was their status in Mexica society?
   5. What did the bulk of the Mexica population do?
   6. How did the Mexica view artists and merchants?
3. Mexica religion
   1. What Mexica deities were adopted from prior Mesoamerican cultures?
   2. What was common to all Mesoamerican religions?
      1. What was sacrified to Huitzilopochtli?
      2. How did the Mexcia view sacrifice?
4. Peoples and societies of the north
   1. What were the: large settled societies in the American southwest that used agriculture and irrigation?
      1. What did they develop by about 700 C.E?
   2. Who lived in an agricultural society in the eastern woodlands?
      1. What were the Male/female roles in thier society?
   3. Describe the life of Mound-building peoples in eastern North America
3. States and empires in Andean South America
   1. The coming of the Incas
      1. Who dominated Andean South America after the twelfth century?
         1. What did they cultivate and herd?
         2. Who and what did they trade?
      2. What was the powerful kingdom in the lowlands of Peru before the mid-fifteenth century?
         1. Irrigation networks; cultivation of maize and sweet potatoes
         2. Describe the Capital city?
      3. Where did the Inca first settle?
         1. Which Ruler launched campaigns against neighbors in 1438?
         2. What did he Build?
      4. Inca ruled as a military and administrative elite
         1. What did they use for record keeping ?
         2. Where was the capital ad how many people lived theire.
         3. What linked the north to the south?
         4. How did officials spread news around the empire in just a few days?
   2. Inca society and religion
      1. How was Trade limited in Incan society?
      2. Descibe Inca society?
      3. What were the Peasants expected to do with a portion of their produce and what was it used for?
      4. Inca priests served the gods
         1. Who was the Venerated sun god?
         2. Who was Viracocha?
         3. Did the Inca's sacrfice humans?
         4. Explain the Inca's moral concepts.:
4. The societies of Oceania
   1. The nomadic foragers of Australia
      1. Did aboriginal peoples of Australia develop agriculture? Did they inteact with people of other socities? ,
      2. Explain Aboriginal religious and cultural traditions. What did they pay close attention to?
   2. The development of Pacific Island society
      1. What was traded between island groups such as Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji?
      2. Did trade networks emerge in the eastern Pacific Ocean?
      3. Polynesian mariners took long voyages
         1. When was Easter Island settled?
         2. How far east did the Polynesian mariners travel?
         3. What became a new staple crop in Polynesia?
         4. When were the Hawaiin Islands settled?
      4. Describe population growth on all larger Pacific islands? What caused it and were some of the results?
      5. More complex social and political structures
         1. Sandeluer dynasty at Pohnpei in Carolina Islands, 1200-1600
         2. Workers became more specialized; distinct classes emerged
         3. Social classes: high chiefs, lesser chiefs, priests, commoners
      6. Who created centralized states in Tonga and Hawai`i?
         1. Who were the Ali'i nui?
         2. What did Chiefs do?
      7. Describe Polynesian religion?