Evaluate the role of local and state authorities in one pre-Columbian society.

The question requires that candidates make an appraisal of the role of local and state authorities in one pre-Columbian society. Candidates may argue that in some cases local authorities were more important than state authorities or vice versa depending on their chosen example. Candidates may address local and state authorities separately or they may attempt to compare their role in various fields. They may refer to the impact of local and state authorities on religious life, their control of cities or the organization of military forces. In agricultural societies, local or state authorities organized labour and introduced improvements in infrastructure. State authorities organized trade systems and controlled roads. Local authorities oversaw the distribution of lands and goods and the organization of daily life, and some local authorities cooperated with state authorities while in other cases there were tensions between the two.