GREAT NATIVE AMERICAN EMPIRES

MAYAN EMPIRE EMERGED AROUND 1000 B.C. LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST MEXICO, GUATEMALA AND BELIZE YUCATAN PENINSULA LAND WAS SWAMPY RAINFOREST SNAKES MOSQUITOES CAUSED DISEASE

AGRICULTURE CONSIDERING THEIR ENVIRONMENT HOW DID THEY FARM? CUT DOWN THE FORESTS DUG CANALS TO DRAIN THE SWAMPS

WHAT WERE THEIR MAIN CROPS? Corn CALLED MAIZE SQUASH BEANS WHY WERE BEANS IMPORTANT TO THEIR DIET? Protein What animal did they domesticate? turkey also bees for honey

WHAT WERE CITIES IMPORTANT FOR? MAJOR CITIES WHAT WERE CITIES IMPORTANT FOR? RELIGION MARKETPLACE WHAT DID THEY USE FOR MONEY? COCOA BEANS CHICHEN-ITZA TIKAL COPAN

RELIGION GOVERNMENT WAS A THEOCRACY WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? RUN BY PRIESTS EVERY CITY HAD A LARGE COURTYARD WITH TEMPLES SURROUNDING IT COURTYARD WAS USED FOR RELIGIOUS GAMES THE BALL GAME TWO TEAMS COURT OF VARYING SIZES RUBBER BALL NO HANDS KNOCK THE BALL THROUGH A RING LOSING TEAM SACRIFICED THIS ENSURED PROSPERITY OF THE CULTURE

SIMILAR TO HIEROGLYPHICS ACHIEVEMENTS NUMBER SYSTEM BASED ON 20 33 WOULD BE SIMILAR TO HIEROGLYPHICS

ACHIEVEMENTS MAYAN CALENDAR DEVELOPED COTTON CLOTH DEVELOPED PAPER HOW DID THE MAYANS DEVELOP THIS CALENDAR? 18 MONTHS--20 DAYS 5 HOLIDAYS DEVELOPED COTTON CLOTH DEVELOPED PAPER TREE BARK

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MAYANS? ABOUT 900 A.D. THE MAYAN CULTURE DIED OUT SEVERAL THEORIES EXPLAIN THIS EVENT WAR EPIDEMIC NATURAL DISASTER RECENT FINDS SHOW THAT THE MAYANS PROBABLY EXHAUSTED THEIR RESOURCES AND HAD TO MOVE

AZTEC EMPIRE FLOURISHED FROM 1200 A.D. TO THE EARLY 1500’S LOCATED IN SOUTHERN MEXICO KNOWN AS THE “VALLEY OF MEXICO”

AZTEC CAPITAL TENOCHTITLAN BUILT IN THE MIDDLE OF LAKE TEXCOCO WHY DID THEY BUILD THEIR CITY ON AN ISLAND? FROM THIS PICTURE WHAT CAN YOU TELL ABOUT THE CITY?

CHINAMPAS HOW DID THEY DO THIS? BUILT FLOATING GARDENS CALLED THE AZTECS WHERE FARMERS HOW DID THEY DO THIS? BUILT FLOATING GARDENS CALLED GREW MAIZE, SQUASH, BEANS ALSO GREW PEPPERS, COTTON, & TOBACCO RAISED TURKEYS AND DOGS

WHAT OTHER PROBLEM DID THEY HAVE BY BUILDING IN SWAMP LAND AQUEDUCTS WHAT OTHER PROBLEM DID THEY HAVE BY BUILDING IN SWAMP LAND NO FRESH WATER

AZTEC SOCIETY WAS DIVIDED INTO 3 CLASSES UPPER CLASS MIDDLE CLASS CONSISTED OF EMPEROR, PRIESTS, NOBLES, & WARRIORS MIDDLE CLASS CONSISTED OF MERCHANTS & FARMERS LOWER CLASS CAPTIVES

SUN GOD WHAT DID THEY DO TO GAIN FAVOR FROM THE SUN GOD?

AZTEC SACRIFICE WAS DONE TO ENSURE THE SUN WOULD KEEP MOVING

DECLINE THE SPANISH ARRIVED IN 1519 SURROUNDING TRIBES ALLIED WITH THE SPANISH TIRED OF HIGH TAXES TIRED OF PEOPLE BEING SACRIFICED

INCAN EMPIRE ROSE TO POWER AROUND 1400 A.D. LOCATED ON WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA WHAT PHYSICAL FEATURE IS LOCATED HERE? CONTROLLED AN EMPIRE FROM COLOMBIA TO CENTRAL CHILE HOW COULD THEY DO THIS IN A MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT?

BUILT A ROAD SYSTEM HAD A SYSTEM OF RUNNERS WHICH CARRIED MESSAGES WHAT WOULD YOU NEED, TO DO THIS ACCURATELY?

A WRITTEN LANGUAGE QUIPU A SYSTEM OF COLORED KNOTS

THEY BUILT TERRACES HOW DID THEY FARM IN THIS ENVIRONMENT? BUILT CANALS TO DRAIN WATER FROM THE CITIES CANALS CARRIED WATER TO THE TERRACES

AGRICULTURE WHAT FOODS DID THEY PRODUCE? POTATOES MAIZE, BEANS AND POTATOES WHAT TWO ANIMALS DID THE INCA DOMESTICATE? THE LLAMA THE ALPACA

WHAT DID THEY RAISE LLAMAS AND ALPACA’S FOR? RAISED THEM FOR WOOL RAISED THEM FOR MEAT RAISED THEM FOR CARRYING GOODS RAISED THEM FOR MILK

INCAN SOCIETY WHAT CITY WAS THE CENTER OF THE EMPIRE? SAPA INCA WHAT WAS THE RULER CALLED? SAPA INCA HAD ABSOLUTE POWER BELIEVED TO BE DECENDENT OF THE GODS

EARTHQUAKE PROOF BUILDINGS ACHIEVEMENTS EARTHQUAKE PROOF BUILDINGS DEVELOPED THE USE OF QUININE FOR TREATING MALARIA

ACHIEVEMENTS USED AS AN ANESTHETIC REDUCED HUNGER INCREASED STAMINA THE COCA LEAF

IT IS BELIEVED THAT SURGERY WAS 90% SUCCESSFUL BRAIN SURGERY IT IS BELIEVED THAT SURGERY WAS 90% SUCCESSFUL

DECLINE THE SAPA INCA DIED WITHOUT CHOOSING A SUCCESSOR HUAYNA CAPAC THIS LED TO A CIVIL WAR BETWEEN TWO OF HIS SONS