the americas.maya..aztec..inca. copyright © clara kim 2007. all rights reserved

The Americas

.Maya.

.Aztec..Inca.Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.

The Americas

Mayan Civilization

Location: Mexican and Central American rain forest

Government: city-states ruled by a king

Economy: Agriculture and trade

Religion: Polytheistic and built pyramids

Declined for unknown reasons

Mayan Civilization

Represented by Chichen Itza

Mayan Civilization

Achievements:Had an advanced

system of writing

Gifted Mathematicians

Observed the stars and created a calendar

Aztec Civilization Location: In arid (dry)

valley in Central Mexico

Government: Ruled by an emperor

Economy: Agriculture

Religion: Polytheistic and built pyramids where the Gods were thirsty for human sacrifice

Aztec Civilization

Sacrificed 20,000 to 50,000 people each year

Aztecs were engaged in much warfare

Sacrificed those they conquered

Aztec Civilization

Represented by Tenochtitlan

Aztec Civilization No written Language

Invented Tlachtli:A ballgame that uses

a rubber ball or heads of sacrificed victims

No use of hands Shoot the ball into a

hoop on the side of a wall

Incan Civilization

Location: Andes Mountains of South America

Government: Ruled by Emperor

Economy: Agriculture in high altitudes

Religion: Polytheistic

Incan Civilization

Represented by Machu Picchu

Incan Civilization

Agriculture at high altitudes in the mountainsUsed

Terracing

prevented water from running off too quickly

Incan Civilization

No writing system

Used QUIPU – system of knots on a cord to record important information

Road System

Pictures Cited Slide 1 – http://www.vjv.co.uk/images/destinations/map-c-america.jpg Slide 2 – http://www.destination360.com/maps/central-america-map.gif Slide 3 – http://www.es.flinders.edu.au/~mattom/science+society/maps/map6.jpg Slide 4 – http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/tikal/tikal-aerial.jpg Slide 5 – http://www.utoronto.ca/ams/recroom/away/connie/images/connie6-600x.jpg Slide 6 – http://news.satimagingcorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/chichen-itza_el_castillo.jpg Slide 7 – http://www.skylla.co.uk/images/photography/chichen/chichen_9.jpg Slide 8 – http://i9.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/a4/cc/e1c1_1.JPG Slide 9 – http://www.reformation.org/aztec-empire-map.jpg Slide 10 – http://www.unexplainable.net/brainbox/uploads/1/aztec4_sacrifice.jpg, http://www.reformation.org/aztec-

sacrifice3.jpg Slide 11 – http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/aztecs/

sacrifice3.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/aztec-sacrifice.htm&h=302&w=750&sz=103&hl=en&start=29&tbnid=3KKXOvlthF83qM:&tbnh=57&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daztec%2Bsacrifice%26start%3D18%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN, http://apocalypto.blogdiario.com/img/apocalypto-portada.jpg

Slide 12 – http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/cortes/My%20Webs/tenochtitlan2.gif Slide 13 –http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.c.m.starkey/Anthropology/Aztecs/aztec%20temple.jpg Slide 14 – http://www.interamericaninstitute.org/Museum_of_Anthropology_Diorama_Tenochtitlan.JPG Slide 15 – http://home.scarlet.be/~tsb67257/images/tlach3.gif Slide 16 – http://sepiensa.org.mx/contenidos/fd_depo/nahuatl/img/tla_i01.jpg,

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002486/Multimedia/Tlachtli.gif, www.lumika.org Slide 17 – http://www.lyonsdenbooks.com/images/ancient-incamap.jpg Slide 18 – http://www.wtsmith.com/jpgfiles/MachuPicchu.jpg Slide 19 – http://www.andreweland.org/2004/6/5/photos/machu-picchu Slide 20 – http://www.travelok.com/graphics/media/pressRelease/MachuPicchu/MachuPicchuExhibit3-10.jpg Slide 21 – http://www.pdx.edu/media/a/l/alumni_machu_picchu.jpg,

http://www.skepticworld.com/ancient-monuments/images/peru-machu-picchu.jpg Slide 22 –http://www.rollmex.net/mediac/400_0/media/DIR_26707/peru2_24_420.jpg Slide 23 – http://math.ict.edu.yu:8080/webMathematica/LinkSL/quipu1.jpg