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Organization of the Maya people The Maya empire Upper Class Middle Class Lower Class Decline In your own words, describe what is known about the END of the Maya Empire. Where was their empire located? Discover all of these answers and More… Name: _______________________________ Period: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Where were the Maya located? Remains of the Maya Empire Counting Use the Maya number chart found in the PowerPoint to compete the questions below. can be found on Mexico’s •What year was Michael Jackson born? 1958 ____ _______________ •What year were you born? _____ Peninsula, and in the •How old are you? _____ countries of Guatemala, ______ ______________, •What is your zip code? _____ Belize, & _____________. •What is your address? _____ When did they exist? •~__________BC was the beginning of their civilization. •Between the years AD__________ and AD__________ the Maya Pyramids and Temples The Maya were skilled __________________ and __________________. Can you name the pyramid found on the front of this booklet? _____________________________ civilization reached its peak. •The Maya civilization disappeared in __________AD. Farming •HUH? They disappeared during their peak. I wonder The Maya used a very unique method of farming called what happened? _______________-and-_______________. Can you describe how Hieroglyphics you think this method was a beneficial farming technique? •One of the greatest accomplishments of the Maya was the best ______________ _______________ in all of Latin America. •They used ______________ to represent a ___________________ or _____________________. Spanish Invasion The Aztec Empire was invaded by the Spanish in ___________. ____________ _____________ captured the Aztec ruler, The aztec empire __________________ II and claimed the land for __________. Where was their empire located? La Plaza de Las Tres Culruras How did the Aztec Empire end? Who are these two men? __________________ II was the final Aztec ruler. Can you locate and name the 3 distinct cultures shown in this picture? Discover all of these answers and More… Name: _______________________________ Period: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Where were the Aztecs located? Skull Racks Whose heads were on displayed on the skull racks? The Aztec capital city was called •Were they the skulls of executed ________ ________________? ____________________. It was built •Or were they skulls of the winners of their ________________ on an island in the middle of Lake _____________________? _________________. This is where Sports modern day _______________ City As a form of entertainment the Aztecs played a ball game inside of a stands. ball _____________. The object of the game was to get the ball into When did they exist? •The Aztecs settled on the shores of Lake Texcoco in the year AD _____________. •Their empire was at its most powerful from AD __________ to AD __________. •The Aztec Empire was destroyed in the year AD ___________. Religion The Aztecs worshipped many gods for many different reasons. •______________________ was the god of war. •______________ was the god of rain and agriculture. a ___________ that was mounted to the side of the wall of the court. The _________________ team was then sacrificed to their gods – this was considered a great ___________________. Farming The Aztecs created floating ______________, called ______________, to do their farming upon. They heaped fertile ___________ from the surrounding _____________ bottom to make very useful land to farm on. Writing The Aztecs used picture writing or “______________” to tell stories or to document _____________________. •___________ ___________ was dedicated to these two gods. •Describe two different reasons the Aztecs practiced human sacrifice: Write the English word for each of the glyphs shown below: Weaving •Inca weavers used dies made from The Inca empire ______________, ______________, and _______________ to color their wool. •The Inca did not have a written ___________________ and used weaving to tell stories and express their _____________. •The wool was made from the hair of llamas and ________________. Decline •__________________ _________________ and his Spanish army arrived in South America in ______________. •The death of the Inca ruler, _____________________, marked the end of the Inca empire. •Pizarro and his followers Discover all of these answers and More… founded ___________ the new capital of Peru. Name: _______________________________ Period: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Where were the Inca located? Farming •The Ancient Inca were located in the •Inca farmers cut _________________ into the hillside for _______________ Mountains of Peru. _______________ purposes. •________________ was considered their •They planted _______________ and other ___________ capital city. ___________________ that could resist the cold weather of the •______________ ______________ was mountains. one of the most important cities in the Legend empire. It was home to nearly __________ •In times of _____________, Inca farmers people. It is also known as the Temple of would tie up their ____________ without the ____________. any water. The gods would feel sorry for When did they exist? them and send water in the form of rain •The Inca first settled sometime between AD ____________ and AD (needed for the crops). ____________. •The civilization was at its peak from about AD ____________ until their end in AD ____________. Quipu •Quipu was bundled, knotted _______________ used for Stone Work _________________ and •The Inca are most famous for their ____________ _____________. ________________ purposes. •They built __________ __________, ___________ ___________, •The thread was spun from and ___________ ___________. ______________ or ______________ •The roads of the Inca empire were used for ______________ hair. _____________, _______________________, and _______________ •The Inca organized everything with purposes. quipu – from raising ____________, to •There were over ________________ km of roads linking the vast building ____________, to storing territory of the Inca. ____________.