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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

in high

altitude in

the

mountains

Used

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