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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.