The
Americas
.Maya.
.Aztec.
.Inca.
Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.
The
Americas
Mayan
Civilization
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Location: Mexican
and Central American
rain forest
Government: citystates 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
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Aztec
Civilization
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Location: In arid (dry)
valley in Central Mexico
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Government: Ruled by
an emperor
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Economy: Agriculture
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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
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No written Language
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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
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Location: Andes
Mountains of South
America
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Government: Ruled by
Emperor
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Economy: Agriculture in
high altitudes
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Religion: Polytheistic
Incan
Civilization
Represented by Machu Picchu
Incan
Civilization
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Agriculture at
high altitudes
in the
mountains
 Used
Terracing
prevented water
from running off
too quickly
Incan
Civilization
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No writing system
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Used QUIPU – system
of knots on a cord to
record important
information
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Road System
Pictures Cited
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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/aztecsacrifice3.jpg
Slide 11 –
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/aztecs/sacrifice3.gif&imgrefurl=http://w
ww.latinamericanstudies.org/aztecsacrifice.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/ancientmonuments/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