The Americas

Study Guide Questions: 

1. Explain the differences between the rise of civilizations in Afro-Eurasia and the Americas.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

2. How does the Inca employment of bureaucrats compare to that of other societies, such as China?
   
   
   
   
   

3. What distinguished the Aztec and Inca empires from each other?
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

4. Look at the picture of Machu Picchu on pg. 91 (pg. 6 in document) - What can you infer from this image about how the massive building projects of the Inca Empire reflected the power of the state?
   
   

5. Explain the meaning and significance of the mita (or mit’a) system.