2. The Maya
1000 BCE-900 CE
Location: Yucatan Peninsula (Present day Mexico and Guatemala)

3. The Maya: Advancements Linked the CITY to the COAST-
SYSTEM OF
ROADS
Linked the CITY to the COAST-
Good for Travel!
MAKE A CONNECTION TO THE ROMANS

4. The Maya: Advancements
THE MAYAN CALENDAR
Helped to tell when to plant crops or harvest…and not the end of the world!

5. The Maya: Adapting to their Environment
Cleared forests and drained swamps to create farms

6. The Aztec
Location:
Central
Mexico

7. Causeways (raised roads) linked the city to the mainland.
Aztec
Advancement:
Causeways (raised roads) linked the city to the mainland.

9. Chinampas Artificial islands made by building mud onto rafts to farm
Aztec Advancement:
Chinampas Artificial islands made by building mud onto rafts to farm

11. The Aztec: Interesting Facts
The Aztec religion included
the building of large temples
where human sacrifice took place.

13. The Incas
Location: West coast of South America in the Andes mountains.

14. The Incas: Advancement
System of roads that kept the empire united. (over 10,000 miles of roads!)

15. Wide steps of land, built into the mountain, to help farm.
The Inca: Advancement
TERRACE FARMING
Wide steps of land, built into the mountain, to help farm.

17. The Inca: Advancement
QUIPUS…a system of knotted, colored ropes used for keeping records and communicating.

18. The Inca: Adapting to the Environment
Terrace Farming

19. The Inca: Interesting Facts
Incas were skilled engineers.
The built massive stone temples and forts. With only human labor and a pulley system, they could move stones weighing up to 200 tons!!!