Unit 2

Worldviews in Conflict

Targets
Skill Builders

Chapter 8 Summary

After completing Chapter 8, you should be able to answer the following Big Question:

  • How does a society’s way of looking at the world influence its customs, choices, and decisions?

The smaller questions below that you studied in Chapter 8 help you answer the Big Question.


  1. How did the structure of the Aztec society tell us what was important to the Aztec people?
  2. How are a society’s social structure and its educational system related?
  3. How can a society promote good citizenship?

Download the graphic organizer seen in Figure 8.1 to help you review Chapter 8.

Remember to review the vocabulary for Chapter 8.

  • artisans
  • calmecac
  • calpolli
  • conscription
  • glyphs
  • hierarchy
  • ocelot
  • omen
  • quetzal
  • restorative justice
  • retributive justice
  • telpochcalli
  • upward mobility


Figure 8.1 Chapter 8 Graphic Organizer