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

Represented by Chichen Itza 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

Represented by Tenochtitlan 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

Represented by Machu Picchu Incan Civilization Represented by Machu Picchu

Incan Civilization prevented water from running off too quickly Agriculture at high altitudes 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