Ch.1: Life in the Western Hemisphere
Lesson 3 Outline
I. The Rise of Empires
A. The Maya
1. A civilization is_______________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
2. The Maya settled in present-day_______________about_______________years
ago
3. Were_______________who cut down forests to create open_______________
4. Grew_______________and_______________
5. Began to grow a_______________, or more food than they needed
6. People with extra food could_______________it for things they needed
7. Some began to_______________, or only do one kind of_______________
8. Skills they developed:
a. _______________
b. _______________
c. _______________
9. Some studied the movements of the_______________, _______________,
_______________, and_______________
10. Some became skilled at_______________; first people to use_______________
11. Others specialized in_______________; build tall_______________which are
buildings with_______________or more_______________shaped
like_______________that slant toward a_______________at the top
12. The top of pyramids held_______________where_______________ceremonies
were held
13. The Maya developed a system of_______________; they recorded
their_______________and what they_______________
14. Today_______________of the Maya live
in_______________and_______________
_______________
B. The Aztecs and the Inca
1. Aztecs migrate from northern_______________following the instructions of one of
their_______________
2. In the_______________of_______________, the Aztecs build_______________
which means ” ______________________________”
3. Tenochtitlan grew into a city linked to the land around the lake by_______________
4. Farmers created “_______________
_______________”
5. Aztecs sent out_______________to_______________other peoples
6. Soon they created an_______________, a group of_______________ and
_______________ruled by one_______________
7. They forced the people to pay them_______________, which is a
_______________demanded by rulers from the people they rule
8. Each year people in the Aztec Empire had to send_______________,
_______________, and _______________stones, as well as_______________,
_______________, and_______________ as tribute
9. They also demanded to be given_______________as tribute whom they
_______________; slavery is_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
10. The Aztecs worshiped many_______________, including_______________, the
god of war. They believed they had to worship him by offering him
human_______________
11. _______________and_______________were sacrificed to the god.
12. At the same time as the_______________ruled in_______________
_______________, the Incan_______________rose in_______________
_______________
13. The Inca created their empire through_______________
14. They built thousands of miles of_______________to link all parts of the empire to
their capital at_______________in present-day_______________
15. Government_______________could travel to the empire’s far corners at a rate
of_______________miles a day. That was probably the fastest_______________
system anywhere in the world at that time.