Aztec
Empire
Mayan
Empire
Incan
Empire
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In 1325, Aztecs built
their capitol city,
Tenochtitlan, on a
floating island,
because of this advice
given to their leader
What is being told by
their god to build their
city on lake where they
find an eagle perched on a
cactus eating a snake?
The Aztec people lived
in Mexico, but
hundreds of years
earlier another empire
lived in Mexico
What was the
Mayan Empire?
The Mayan Empire was first and lasted the longest
when compared to both the Aztec and Incan Empires.
A similarity
shared by the
Aztec and Incan
people
What is being
conquered by
the Spanish?
Vocabulary Review
Cortez the conquistador made
deals to support and be friends
with the Aztec Empire’s
neighboring tribes.
The Spanish and Native Americans
agreed to work together for a
common goal.
What is an
alliance?
In this case the Spanish and Native
Americans were allies.
Reasons the Aztec nation fell
The Aztec people were not ready for
the Spanish, who had guns, cannons,
horses and armor. There were two
other reasons. One had to do with
illness and the other had to do with
their treatment of neighboring tribes.
A. What was not being peaceful with
neighboring tribes?
The Aztec are remembered for being fierce
and war like with their neighboring tribes.
Often taking the enemy as slaves or for use in
human sacrifice.
B. What was not having immunity against
diseases brought over by the Spanish,
especially smallpox.
True/False:
The Mayan
civilization followed
the Aztec’s and did not
last as long
What is false?
The Mayan civilization came first and
lasted much, much longer.
Of the 3 listed, which was not an
achievement of the Mayan people:
A. Building Pyramids
B. Inventing the wheel
C. Developing an accurate calendar
What is inventing
the wheel?
The reason that the
end of the Aztec and
Incan Empires is
different than the end
of the Mayan
Civilization
What is the Aztec and
Incan were conquered
by the Spanish
conquistadors?
Of the 3 listed, which was not an
achievement of the Mayan people:
A. Developing an accurate calendar
B. Building Pyramids
C. Defeating the Spanish
What is defeating
the Spanish?
One main reason
for the end of the
Mayan
Civilization
What is trusting
and believing too
heavily in their
king?
One of the many great
accomplishments of
the Incas, was this
method of carrying
water over hundreds
of miles to dry land
What is an
aqueduct?
The Incas’
method of
keeping count of
its population
What is a
census?
Two facts about
the Incan
civilization’s size
and location
What is the Incan
Empire was the largest
of the 3 empires?
AND It stretched almost the
entire west coast of South
America
A knotted string
used by the Incas,
as a method of
keeping records
What is a
quipu?
Incan accomplishments include
the following: using aqueducts,
developing terrace farming along
the side of the Andes, assisting the
elderly and sick, creating over
14,000 miles of ______ and _____,
and building ______________
_________ ________
What were 14,000
miles of roads and
bridges and
earthquake proof
buildings?
The Aztec and Incan are
like ancient Greece and
Rome, in that they have
one ruler or government
ruling many groups of
people.
What is an empire?
The Aztec and
Mayas used this
form of signs and
symbols as part of
their writing system
What is
hieroglyphics?
A war fought
between two groups
within one nation or
tribe
What is a
Civil War?
Cortez is an example
of this type of Spanish
soldier who conquered
Aztec and Incan
Empires
What is a
conquistador?
After the Spanish were
done with their alliances
with the Native
Americans, they
betrayed or ? their
trust by enslaving them
What is
exploited?
Reasons why the Mayas
could be considered the
most impressive of the
three empires studied in
this unit
For this Jeopardy game have at least three of the examples given in the
answer which follows. On the test, you will need all of the examples to
get full credit, plus any reason the other empires weren’t as impressive.
What was:
-Their empire was first and lasted the longest, more than twice as long
as the other two empires we studied
-They built great cities which were religious, economic and cultural
centers of the day
-They were great scientists studying the planets and stars, creating
two calendars, one was a daily calendar and one for their
celebrations/holidays
-They were great mathematicians, being one of the first to include the
value and having a symbol for zero
-They built great pyramids and temples
-They had their own written language, hieroglyphics
The importance of
the Incans having
over 14,000 miles of
road in maintaining
a successful empire
What are the following?
-the roads allowed for quick travel of the Incan
army
-the roads allowed a series of runners who were
messengers to travel 250 miles a day with news of
the empire
-the roads allowed for safe travel of trade caravans
-the roads allowed for taking census and collecting
taxes for the government
Reasons why the Aztec
could be considered the
most impressive of the
three empires studied in
this unit
For this Jeopardy game have at least three of the examples given in the
answer which follows. On the test, you will need all of the examples to
get full credit, plus any reason the other empires weren’t as impressive.
What is ?
-They built a magnificent city on a lake
-They were master farmers creating chinampas, floating gardens
-They used artificial irrigation for their farming
-They used a written language, hieroglyphics
-They used a daily calendar based on the Mayan calendar
-Their scientists were able to predict eclipses and movement of the
planets
-Their city of Tenochtitlan was like NYC of today with its culture,
zoos, museums, temples, wide streets and busy markets selling food
jewelry made of silver and gold
-Their fierce army protected merchants as they traveled through the
empire creating an economy
-Their doctors made over 1,000 medicines from plants and herbs
However, they were brutal, often enslaving their enemies or using them for human sacrifice
The theory of the
Mayan demise, (ending
of their empire), as the
Spanish did not defeat
them.
What are the following reasons ?
-they had a strong belief in their god and its messenger, the king
-when crop failure came due to drought and soil erosion, they looked
to the king for answers, for help
-the king’s response was to increase human sacrifice, give more blood
of his people to please the gods
-surprisingly, it didn’t work. Unrest occurred within the Mayan
empire, resulting in fighting and lack of faith in their leader
-as time passed, the people felt it might be easier to live on their own
and they moved out to surrounding jungles, where descendants still
live today
Reasons why the Incans
could be considered the
most impressive of the
three empires studied in
this unit
For this Jeopardy game have at least three of the examples
given in the answer which follows. On the test, you will need
all of the examples to get full credit, plus any reason the other
empires weren’t as impressive.
What was?
-They had the largest empire along the Andes coast of South America
-They built over 14,000 miles of roads and bridges
-They built earthquake proof buildings without using metal tools or
cement/concrete
-They built aqueducts which brought water hundreds of miles to dry land
-They kept careful, organized records by taking an annual census and thus taxing
appropriately
-Their government helped the elderly, sick and poor from the collected taxes. It
organized which villagers would work on roads, buildings, and bridges
-They used quipus to keep records mathematically
-They used runners who kept the empire informed daily running over 250 miles,
from town to town
However, they did not have a written language or money as we know either.