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Transcript of The Americas.Maya..Aztec..Inca. Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.
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 at high altitudes in the mountainsUsed
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