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    UNIT 1 TOPICS 4 & 5

    State Building in the Americas and Africa H E I M L E R S H I S T O R Y. C O M

    THEME : Governance
    LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: Explain how and why states in the Americas developed and changed over time.
    LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2: Explain how and why states in Africa developed and changed over time.

    STATE BUILDING IN THE AMERICAS


    The first large-scale civilization in North America was the Culture.

    They built large monumental for religious, ceremonial, or sometimes elite residential purposes.

    The had a rigid system (somewhat like the Hindu caste system). Each town
    had a ruler called the .

    The and civilizations in the Southwestern portion of North America built


    homes and towns in the side of .

    In 1325 the Mexica (Aztecs) founded a magnificent capital city called . Prominent
    structures in this city were its and bustling .

    The Aztecs controlled their subjects by means of a system administered by a local governor.

    This arrangement allowed the Aztecs (Mexica) to exercise dominance over distant lands
    without being directly and locally involved.

    SUMMARIZE the notes above in your own words. (2-4 sentences)

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    UNIT 1 TOPICS 4 & 5

    State Building in the Americas and Africa H E I M L E R S H I S T O R Y. C O M

    THEME : Governance
    LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: Explain how and why states in the Americas developed and changed over time.
    LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2: Explain how and why states in Africa developed and changed over time.

    STATE BUILDING AFRICA


    By 1000 most of the sub-Saharan Africans had adopted , but they did not form
    governments like a lot of other civilizations did. Rather, they organized themselves into
    networks.

    Sometime before 1000 the ethnic group formed seven states which were connected by kinship ties.

    The Hausa kingdom benefited tremendously from the trade system, and as you know,
    those trade routes brought Muslims into West Africa and by the 1300s the Hausa kingdom had largely become
    .

    In general, wherever governments existed in sub-Saharan Africa, they were not governments
    ruling over large empires. Rather, they almost always small communities organized by ties.

    Literature existed in African societies, but it was largely in nature.

    One of the most significant members of any African society was the or griottes. They were the
    who housed within themselves the history and narratives and lineage of the tribe to which they
    belonged.

    SUMMARIZE the notes above in your own words. (2-4 sentences)

    © Heimler’s History Please do not share or post online. page 2 of 3


    *Advanced Placement® and AP® are trademarks registered and/or owned by the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.
    For more resources, go to
    UNIT 1 TOPICS 4 & 5

    State Building in the Americas and Africa H E I M L E R S H I S T O R Y. C O M

    THEME : Governance
    LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: Explain how and why states in the Americas developed and changed over time.
    LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2: Explain how and why states in Africa developed and changed over time.

    RESPOND to the learning objectives with an evidence-based, argumentative thesis.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: Explain how and why states in the Americas developed and changed over time.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2: Explain how and why states in Africa developed and changed over time.

    © Heimler’s History Please do not share or post online. page 3 of 3


    *Advanced Placement® and AP® are trademarks registered and/or owned by the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.

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