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Name:________________ Date:______________ Block:_________ Ancient Latin America 160-166 Explain the significance of the following on the back of this paper. hieroglyph chinampa Machu Picchu Hernan Cortes Montezuma II Francisco Pizarro Atahualpa Fill out the chart below to help you compare the three major civilizations of ancient Latin America. Maya Aztec Inca Lands Ruled Mexico Mexico Andes of Peru southern & eastern Mexico City site of capital-Cuzco Honduras Tenochtitlan Columbia, Ecuador, western Bolivia, parts of Guatemala Chile and Argentina El Salvador Belieze Agricultural Methods slash & burn built farms on floodplains chinampas floating gardens terraces irrigation Intellectual Advances math - 0 astronomy calendar (365 day) hieroglyphs written language Mystery calendar astronomy roads stonework-buildings Machu Picchu aqueducts Reasons for Decline Descendents still in parts of southern Mexico and parts of Central America Spanish Spanish conquistadors conquistadors Cortes – renamed Pizarro Aztec empire New Spain Technology: 1400 Why did people living in the Andes need to build terraces and canals? In order to farm in the Andes. What role did agriculture play in the building and maintenance of the Inca empire. They were able to feed 15 million people, a stable food supply is important in order for a civilization to survive. Describe how the arrival of the Spanish in Latin America impacted the region. Aztec and Inca civilization were conquered. Native people were enslaved. Missionaries were sent from Spain to convert native people to Christianity. Cultural exchange What was the Columbian Exchange and how did it work? Trade between Latin America and Spain. Crops from Latin America. Manufactured products from Spain. Food, agriculture, ideas.
