1. Chichen Itza
By: Malik Rivera

2. Who The Mayan civilization built the first half of it
The Toltec civilization is also thought to have built it

3. What
Has many buildings in it like the Observatory, Kukulcan's Pyramid, the Temple of the Warriors, The Ball Court, and The Group of the Thousand Columns
It means “at the mouth of the well of Itza”..
Most well known construction on site is the Kukulcan's Pyramid (one of the seven wonders of the world).
The Kukulcan's Pyramid (in the picture to the right) has 365 steps just like the 365 days in a year.

4. Where Yucatan Peninsula Northeast part of Yucatan, Mexico.
Midway between Merida and Cancun
75 miles (120 kilometers) east of Merida
Positioned to a regional sacred geography

5. When
First part - 7th and 10th century at this time it was a very big ceremonial center
Second part - late 10th century and early 13th century

6. Why
The Kukulcan Pyramid represents the Mayan Calendar because it has 91 steps on each side and 1 step at the top for all of them. That’s 365 and all the days in a year It also has 52 panels in nine terraces, 52 represents the number of years in the Mayan Calendar.
The Cenote of Sacrifice was used for sacrificing humans to the rain god .

7. How The Chichen Itza was built with lots of stones.
It was very well crafted back then because the Mayans were very skilled artist.
It is also suggest that the Mayans when building the Chichen Itza did not use metal cutting tools.

8. Past
The Ball Court was used for a game and the team that sometimes lost got killed.
The Observatory was built to help them study astronomy.
The Kukulcan Pyramid was used to represent the calendar.
Also the Kukulcan Pyramid during the fall and spring equinoxes the serpents at the bottom of it light up and looks like serpents are going down it.

9. Present
Tourist attraction and one of the most visited archeological attractions in Mexico.

10. How it shapes life in that country today
These monuments bring in lots of money every year to the country and it helps out the economy in Mexico.

11. Works Citied http://www.netshaman.com/maya/chichen.html