1. MEXICO

2. MEXICO P H Y S I C A L United States Sonora Desert Baja Peninsula
Rio Grande
Gulf Of
California
Sierra Madre Oriental
Central
Plateau
Sierra Madre Occidental
Gulf of Mexico
Yucatan
Peninsula
Sierra Madre del Sur
Pacific Ocean
Mexico City
Gulf Coastal
Plain
Belize
Guatemala

3. Mexico’s Ancient Civilizations

4. Mexico
Tenochtitlan
island
causeways
conquest
world
population
The Aztec City of Tenochtitlan The Aztec empire was located in __________. The center of the empire was _____________, a city built on an ___________ in Lake Texcoco. The city was connected to the mainland by a series of ____________ and bridges. At the time of the Spanish ____________ it was the largest and most powerful city in Mesoamerica and it was one of the largest cities in the ____________. Most estimates put the ___________ of Tenochtitlan at over 200,000 people In every district, there were ____________ to buy and sell goods. Trade from all over the empire came through Tenochtitlan. There were also ____________ that carried freshwater into the city and ____________ where the Aztecs worshipped their gods by sacrificing humans to them After the Spanish conquest, the city was completely destroyed and a Spanish city, Mexico, was built over the ____________. In recent years, ____________ have been able to uncover many of the ruins buried under the streets of Mexico.
marketplaces
aqueducts
temples
ruins
archeologists

5. Mesoamerica
architects
Tikal
pyramids
glyphs
Mayan Civilization Mayan Civilization developed in the rainforests of ____________ where the Mayas built large cities out of stone. The Mayas were expert ____________, building temples, palaces, and even ball courts. In one city alone, the city of ____________, the remains of thousands of buildings have been found including six large temples in the shape of ___________ They developed a system of writing using ____________ similar to Egyptian hieroglyphics where pictures represented words. They carved these glyphs into stone and or wrote them on ____________ made from the bark of fig trees The Mayas were also interested in ___________. They ____________ the stars and planets in the night sky and developed a very accurate ___________ that had 365 days In mathematics, the Mayas developed a number system that included a symbol for ____________. The could write any number using just the symbols for zero, one, and five The Mayas had a well-developed ____________ economy. Lowland cities traded rubber, cotton, and cocoa beans (used for making chocolate) for jade and ____________ found near highland cities.
paper
observed
astronomy
calendar
zero
trade
obsidian

6. Mayan Numbers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 4 2 6. 7. 8. 9.
10. 7 9 15 5 11 6 16

7. Mayan Numbers
15. 10
17. 6
19. 9
20. 0