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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