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The
Americas
.Maya.
.Aztec.
.Inca. Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.
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The
Americas
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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
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Mayan
Civilization Represented by Chichen Itza
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Mayan
Civilization
Achievements:
Had an
advanced
system of
writing
Gifted Mathematicians
–Observed the stars and created a
calendar
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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
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Aztec
Civilization
Sacrificed 20,000
to 50,000 people
each year
Aztecs were
engaged in much
warfare
Sacrificed those
they conquered
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Aztec
Civilization
Represented by Tenochtitlan
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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
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Incan
Civilization
Location: Andes
Mountains of South
America
Government: Ruled
by Emperor
Economy: Agriculture
in high altitudes
Religion: Polytheistic
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Incan
Civilization Represented by Machu Picchu
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Incan
Civilization
Agriculture
in high
altitude in
the
mountains
Used
Terracing
prevented water
from running off
too quickly
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Incan
Civilization
No writing system
Used QUIPU – system of knots on a cord to record important information
Road System
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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