Unit 2

Worldviews in Conflict



Chapter 7 Overview

At the end of Chapter 7, you should be able to answer the following Big Question.

  • How do a group’s collective beliefs and experiences contribute to the shaping of a unique identity?


You should also be able to answer these smaller questions related to the Big Question.

  • How could a society’s worldview influence its ability to adapt to its geography?
  • How did religious beliefs affect the worldview of the Aztecs?
  • How did Spanish and Aztecs view the religions of others?
  • How did the Aztec worldview influence the way the people interacted with other cultures?
Chapter 7 of the textbook, Worldviews: Contact and Change.

  Below is a joke about the Mayan Calendar.