• Syllabus

1: Indigenous societies and cultures in the Americas (c750–1500)

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Sub sections and their related questions

Types of political organization: non-sedentary, semi-sedentary, confederations and empires; the role of local and state authorities

• 17M.3op2.HL.TZ0.1:

  Discuss the political organization of one pre-Columbian society.

• 17N.3op2.HL.TZ0.01: Discuss the role of warfare in maintaining and expanding the political organization of one...
• 18N.3op2.HL.TZ0.1: Evaluate the role of local and state authorities in one pre-Columbian society.
• 19N.3op2.HL.TZ0.1: “Empires had a more efficient political organization than confederations.” Discuss.
• 20N.3op2.HL.TZ0.1: Compare and contrast the political organization of one non-sedentary and one semi-sedentary society.
• 21N.3op2.HL.TZ0.1: “Local authorities were more effective than state authorities in controlling the population.”...

The role of warfare in maintaining and expanding political organization

• 19M.3op2.HL.TZ0.1:

  “Warfare was essential to the maintenance and expansion of political organization.” Discuss with reference to one pre-Columbian society.

Economic and social structures: role and nature of the tribute; landholding; agricultural production; systems of exchange; nature of the tribute in societies without money

• 17N.3op2.HL.TZ0.02: Compare and contrast the social structures of two indigenous societies.
• 18M.3op2.HL.TZ0.1:

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

• 18N.3op2.HL.TZ0.2:

  Discuss the role and nature of the tribute in two pre-Columbian societies.

• 19N.3op2.HL.TZ0.2: Evaluate the impact of systems of exchange on two indigenous societies.
• 20N.3op2.HL.TZ0.2:

  Examine the nature of landholding in two indigenous societies. 

• 22M.3op2.HL.TZ0.1: Discuss the role of tribute in two indigenous societies or cultures in pre-Columbian Americas.

Religion: polytheistic beliefs; relationship between religious and political powers; relationship between man and nature

• 18M.3op2.HL.TZ0.2: Discuss the role of polytheistic beliefs in two pre-Columbian societies.
• 19M.3op2.HL.TZ0.2: Examine the religious significance of the relationship between man and nature in two indigenous...
• 21M.3op2.HL.TZ0.1: “The relationship between religious and political powers was mutually beneficial.” Discuss with...
• 22M.3op2.HL.TZ0.2: Discuss the role of religion in two indigenous societies or cultures in pre-Columbian Americas.

Culture: written and unwritten language; contributions to scientific development and the arts

• 17M.3op2.HL.TZ0.2: Discuss the scientific and artistic developments that took place in one pre-Columbian society.
• 21M.3op2.HL.TZ0.2: Evaluate the contribution of written and unwritten language in two indigenous societies.
• 21N.3op2.HL.TZ0.2: Evaluate the significance of unwritten language in two indigenous societies.