Unit 2

Worldviews in Conflict

Targets
Skill Builders

Chapter 7 Summary

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?

Below are the smaller questions you studied in Chapter 7 to help you answer the Big Question.


  1. How could a society’s worldview influence its ability to adapt to its geography?
  2. How did religious beliefs affect the worldview of the Aztecs?
  3. How did Spanish and Aztec religious views compare?
  4. How did the Aztec worldview influence the way the people interacted with other cultures?


Download the graphic organizer seen in Figure 7.1 to help you review Chapter 7.

Remember to review the vocabulary for Chapter 7.

  • aqueduct
  • artifacts
  • causeway
  • chinampa
  • codex
  • codices
  • sacred
  • sacrifice

Figure 7.1 Chapter 7 Graphic Organizer