Unit 2

Worldviews in Conflict

Activity

1. Download the document, Reading/Study Guide Unit 2: Chapter 8, Lesson 4.
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2. Click on one of the links provided to download the document.
• You will then be able to view the Reading/Study Guide Unit 2: Chapter 8, Lesson 4 worksheet.




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3. Read page 185 and “The Ideal Aztec Citizen” on page 187 in your textbook.
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• Where did Aztec people learn about good citizenship?
  
• What virtues did the Aztecs believe were the most important?
  
• How do these virtues compare to the values of our society?
  
  
4. Read “Laws and Lawmaking” on pages 187 and 188 of the textbook.
• Answer the question at the bottom of page 187 in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• How did the Aztec legal system protect the rights of a person accused of a crime?
  
  
5. Read “Slave Laws” at the bottom of page 189 and the top of page 190 of the textbook.
   
• Be sure to read the caption for Figure 8-28.
  
  
• Answer the following question in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• What does the image say about opportunities for upward mobility among the Aztecs?
  
  
6. Read “Voices” on page 189 of your textbook.
   Various kinds of justice are used in societies. On this page, you will learn about two kinds of justice.
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• Which of these forms of justice was used in the Aztec world?
• Which justice model is used in our culture?
  
  
7. When you are finished, submit your completed Reading/Study Guide on the next page.