2. Problem solving of Native American Cultures

3. Mayan Agriculture This is a picture of a Mayan temple The Mayans drained the swamps to grow food on the land. They were able to grow corn on the land.

4. Other Mayan Accomplishments They created a 365 day calendar (19 months- 18 months of 20 days and 1 month of 5 days) They developed an advanced number system, including zero. Mayan Calendar

5. The Mayans invented a system of hieroglyphics- writing that uses pictures to represent words

6. Aztec Agriculture The Aztecs made their capital, Tenochtitlan, in the middle of a lake. The Aztecs dug canals and filled in parts of the lake to create farmland They used floating gardens, called Chinampas to plant crops The used drawbridges to keep their enemies out of the city.

7. Picture of Aztec floating gardens

8. Another picture of chinampas

9. Lake Texcoco- Tenochtitlan

10. Incan Agriculture Incans lived in the Andes Mountains so farming was tough They carved flat terraces into the mountains to farm The terrace walls kept the rains from washing the soil off the terraces.

11. Picture of terrace farming

12. Another picture of terrace farming

13. Incan survival in the Andes The Incans stayed connected in their 3,000 miles of empire by sending messengers on foot to relay messages. They were able to build temples that withstood earthquakes by using huge stone blocks that fit perfectly together. They were about 200 tons each! The Incans were also very advanced in medicine. They performed successful brain surgery!

14. Incan temple

15. Another Incan temple

17. Questions What did the Mayans do to farm in the swamps? What else did the Mayans do? How did the Aztecs farm in the middle of a lake? How did the Incas farm in the middle of the Andes mountains?

18. The End