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Date May 2018 Marks available 15 Reference code 18M.3op2.HL.TZ0.1
Level Higher level only Paper Paper 3 (History of the Americas) Time zone TZ0
Command term Discuss Question number 1 Adapted from N/A

Question

Discuss the importance of landholding and agricultural production in two indigenous societies.

Markscheme

Candidates will offer a considered and balanced review of the importance of landholding and agricultural production in two indigenous societies in pre-Columbian America during, although not necessarily spanning, the period from c750 to 1500. In doing so, they may discuss the ways in which landholding and agricultural production influenced the social, political and economic structures of two societies. Different patterns of landholding may be discussed including communal landholding, landholding awarded to important members of society (such as religious leaders, nobility and warriors) and state landholding. Candidates may also discuss developments in agricultural production that enabled the support of growing populations, such as the “slash and burn” method to increase the availability of land in the Amazonian rainforest. 

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Syllabus sections

HL options: first exams 2017 » HL option 2: History of the Americas » 1: Indigenous societies and cultures in the Americas (c750–1500) » Economic and social structures: role and nature of the tribute; landholding; agricultural production; systems of exchange; nature of the tribute in societies without money
HL options: first exams 2017 » HL option 2: History of the Americas » 1: Indigenous societies and cultures in the Americas (c750–1500)
HL options: first exams 2017 » HL option 2: History of the Americas
HL options: first exams 2017

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