1. European Exploration and Expansion Chapter 17- lesson 1
By: Jasmine DeFrance
Class of 2018

2. Social
Aztec:
- Most Aztec men were warriors but, could also be doctors, farmers, or priest (but warriors were glorified)
-Women dominated the household
-Polygamy was allowed
-Women could run businesses out of their home
-Two classes: Nobility(pilli); Common people (macehualli)
Inca:
-Women cared for the house, worked in fields, and wove clothes.
-Aristocracy were allowed to practice polygamy
-Women married at 16; men married at 20
Aztec Warrior
Aztec Women
Inca Woman

3. Political
Aztec:
-Ruled by Montezuma located in the capital, Tenochtitlan
-Warrior-kings seen as divine
-They didn’t control territories directly
Inca:
-Ruled by theocracy-sun-god
-They divided territories that were conquered and gave each one a governor
Montezuma

4. Interactions
Aztec:
-When the Spanish Explorers arrived, the Indigenous people acquired many diseases such as the smallpox that they couldn’t cure and many died.
-Many aztec tools were made of obsidian and chert.
Inca:
-The Inca used bundles of cord to keep numerical records. (Quipus)

5. Culture Aztec: -Art created as an expression of religion
-Painted on walls of temples and made mask for religious ceremonies
Inca:
-Mummification
_Gold and silver statues were often buried with Inca human sacrifices
-Used a building technique in which shaped stones perfectly fit together without cement (masonry)
Aztec Art
Inca
Masonry

6. Economic Aztec: -Forced territories to pay tribute in goods
-Free market trade was important
Inca:
-Forced territories to pay tribute in labor and goods
-Government redistributed most goods