1. GREAT NATIVE AMERICAN EMPIRES

2. MAYAN EMPIRE EMERGED AROUND 1000 B.C.
LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST MEXICO, GUATEMALA AND BELIZE
YUCATAN PENINSULA
LAND WAS SWAMPY
RAINFOREST
SNAKES
MOSQUITOES
CAUSED DISEASE

3. AGRICULTURE CONSIDERING THEIR ENVIRONMENT HOW DID THEY FARM?
CUT DOWN THE FORESTS
DUG CANALS TO DRAIN THE SWAMPS

4. WHAT WERE THEIR MAIN CROPS?
Corn
CALLED MAIZE
SQUASH
BEANS
WHY WERE BEANS IMPORTANT TO THEIR DIET?
Protein
What animal did they domesticate?
turkey
also bees for honey

5. WHAT WERE CITIES IMPORTANT FOR?
MAJOR CITIES
WHAT WERE CITIES IMPORTANT FOR?
RELIGION
MARKETPLACE
WHAT DID THEY USE FOR MONEY?
COCOA BEANS
CHICHEN-ITZA
TIKAL
COPAN

6. RELIGION GOVERNMENT WAS A THEOCRACY
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
RUN BY PRIESTS
EVERY CITY HAD A LARGE COURTYARD WITH TEMPLES SURROUNDING IT
COURTYARD WAS USED FOR RELIGIOUS GAMES
THE BALL GAME
TWO TEAMS
COURT OF VARYING SIZES
RUBBER BALL
NO HANDS
KNOCK THE BALL THROUGH A RING
LOSING TEAM SACRIFICED
THIS ENSURED PROSPERITY OF THE CULTURE

7. SIMILAR TO HIEROGLYPHICS
ACHIEVEMENTS
NUMBER SYSTEM BASED ON 20
33 WOULD BE
SIMILAR TO HIEROGLYPHICS

8. ACHIEVEMENTS MAYAN CALENDAR DEVELOPED COTTON CLOTH DEVELOPED PAPER
HOW DID THE MAYANS DEVELOP THIS CALENDAR?
18 MONTHS--20 DAYS
5 HOLIDAYS
DEVELOPED COTTON CLOTH
DEVELOPED PAPER
TREE BARK

9. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MAYANS?
ABOUT 900 A.D. THE MAYAN CULTURE DIED OUT
SEVERAL THEORIES EXPLAIN THIS EVENT
WAR
EPIDEMIC
NATURAL DISASTER
RECENT FINDS SHOW THAT THE MAYANS PROBABLY EXHAUSTED THEIR RESOURCES AND HAD TO MOVE

10. AZTEC EMPIRE FLOURISHED FROM 1200 A.D. TO THE EARLY 1500’S
LOCATED IN SOUTHERN MEXICO
KNOWN AS THE “VALLEY OF MEXICO”

11. AZTEC CAPITAL TENOCHTITLAN BUILT IN THE MIDDLE OF LAKE TEXCOCO
WHY DID THEY BUILD THEIR CITY ON AN ISLAND?
FROM THIS PICTURE WHAT CAN YOU TELL ABOUT THE CITY?

12. CHINAMPAS HOW DID THEY DO THIS? BUILT FLOATING GARDENS CALLED
THE AZTECS WHERE FARMERS
HOW DID THEY DO THIS?
BUILT FLOATING GARDENS CALLED
GREW MAIZE, SQUASH, BEANS
ALSO GREW PEPPERS, COTTON, & TOBACCO
RAISED TURKEYS AND DOGS

13. WHAT OTHER PROBLEM DID THEY HAVE BY BUILDING IN SWAMP LAND
AQUEDUCTS
WHAT OTHER PROBLEM DID THEY HAVE BY BUILDING IN SWAMP LAND
NO FRESH WATER

14. AZTEC SOCIETY WAS DIVIDED INTO 3 CLASSES UPPER CLASS MIDDLE CLASS
CONSISTED OF EMPEROR, PRIESTS, NOBLES, & WARRIORS
MIDDLE CLASS
CONSISTED OF MERCHANTS & FARMERS
LOWER CLASS
CAPTIVES

15. SUN GOD
WHAT DID THEY DO TO GAIN FAVOR FROM THE SUN GOD?

16. AZTEC SACRIFICE
WAS DONE TO ENSURE THE SUN WOULD KEEP MOVING

17. DECLINE THE SPANISH ARRIVED IN 1519
SURROUNDING TRIBES ALLIED WITH THE SPANISH
TIRED OF HIGH TAXES
TIRED OF PEOPLE BEING SACRIFICED

18. INCAN EMPIRE ROSE TO POWER AROUND 1400 A.D.
LOCATED ON WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA
WHAT PHYSICAL FEATURE IS LOCATED HERE?
CONTROLLED AN EMPIRE FROM COLOMBIA TO CENTRAL CHILE
HOW COULD THEY DO THIS IN A MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT?

19. BUILT A ROAD SYSTEM HAD A SYSTEM OF RUNNERS WHICH CARRIED MESSAGES
WHAT WOULD YOU NEED, TO DO THIS ACCURATELY?

20. A WRITTEN LANGUAGE
QUIPU
A SYSTEM OF COLORED KNOTS

21. THEY BUILT TERRACES HOW DID THEY FARM IN THIS ENVIRONMENT?
BUILT CANALS TO DRAIN WATER FROM THE CITIES
CANALS CARRIED WATER TO THE TERRACES

22. AGRICULTURE WHAT FOODS DID THEY PRODUCE? POTATOES
MAIZE, BEANS AND
POTATOES
WHAT TWO ANIMALS DID THE INCA DOMESTICATE?
THE LLAMA
THE ALPACA

23. WHAT DID THEY RAISE LLAMAS AND ALPACA’S FOR?
RAISED THEM FOR WOOL
RAISED THEM FOR MEAT
RAISED THEM FOR CARRYING GOODS
RAISED THEM FOR MILK

24. INCAN SOCIETY WHAT CITY WAS THE CENTER OF THE EMPIRE? SAPA INCA
WHAT WAS THE RULER CALLED?
SAPA INCA
HAD ABSOLUTE POWER
BELIEVED TO BE DECENDENT OF THE GODS

25. EARTHQUAKE PROOF BUILDINGS
ACHIEVEMENTS
EARTHQUAKE PROOF BUILDINGS
DEVELOPED THE USE OF QUININE FOR TREATING MALARIA

26. ACHIEVEMENTS USED AS AN ANESTHETIC REDUCED HUNGER INCREASED STAMINA
THE COCA LEAF

27. IT IS BELIEVED THAT SURGERY WAS 90% SUCCESSFUL
BRAIN SURGERY
IT IS BELIEVED THAT SURGERY WAS 90% SUCCESSFUL

28. DECLINE THE SAPA INCA DIED WITHOUT CHOOSING A SUCCESSOR HUAYNA CAPAC
THIS LED TO A CIVIL WAR BETWEEN TWO OF HIS SONS