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WARM UP (SPACE ON BACK OF CHART)

WARM UP (SPACE ON BACK OF CHART). GRAB A BOOK and open to Page 157 Using this map and the atlas maps on 1008 and 1009, complete the “Critical Thinking” question in the “Skills Assessment” box Hint: Aztecs are in 1 country, Incas are in 4-5 countries

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WARM UP (SPACE ON BACK OF CHART)

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  1. WARM UP (SPACE ON BACK OF CHART) • GRAB A BOOK and open to Page 157 • Using this map and the atlas maps on 1008 and 1009, complete the “Critical Thinking” question in the “Skills Assessment” box • Hint: Aztecs are in 1 country, Incas are in 4-5 countries • WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON THE BACK OF YOUR CHART (Space Provided)

  2. Aztecs, Mayans and Incas, Oh My! Chapter 7 Sections 1&2 Pages 154-167 EQs: What major civilizations emerged in Latin America? Where were they located? What were their features and achievement?

  3. The Mayan “Empire” • Time Period: 300 – 900 AD • Location: Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula to Central America • Government/Politics: city states, each ruled by a chief and a bureaucracy of nobles, each city state fought each other to be the dominate state in the empire (sound familiar?)

  4. The Mayan Empire • Religion: Polytheistic, many gods of heaven and hell, animals (jaguar) and earth (corn)…priests conducted elaborate ceremonies including food and human sacrifices (Apocalypto) • Farming: Cleared rainforest floors and built raised fields surrounded by water full of fish and other creatures

  5. The Mayan Empire • Achievements: • Massive pyramids • Complex hieroglyphics • An accurate 365 day calendar • The concept of zero and other numbers • Decline: Disappeared suddenly, many theories include… • Warfare, they killed each other off • Overpopulation, which strained the environment • Peasant revolts against leaders • Superstition, they predicted the end of the world on the calendar and all ran for the hills

  6. The Aztec Empire • Time Period: 1200s – 1500s • Location: The Central Valley of Mexico • Government: Empire, with an emperor chosen by nobles and priests to lead the civilization to war (war state, sound familiar?), centered at the island city of Tenochtitlan

  7. The Aztec Empire • Religion: Polytheistic, gods of earth and nature, Huitzilopochtli (weet-see-lo-poct-lee) was the supreme sun god…were BIG on human sacrifice (more than Maya and Inca combined) • Farming: Chinampas (floating gardens)

  8. The Aztec Empire • Achievements: herbs and medicines for illnesses, ability to set broken bones (splints), fill cavities in teeth, the sauna • Decline: Fell to the invading Spanish forces under Hernan Cortes in the 1520s

  9. Inca Empire • Time Period: 1400s-1500s • Location: Andean South America • Government: Confederation of early peoples of the Andes (Chavin, Mochica, Nazca) ruled by a supreme God-king with absolute power, nobles that ruled provinces along a chain of command back to the emperor in Cuzco

  10. Inca Empire • Religion: Polytheistic, gods of nature, the sun and moon, held monthly festivals with offerings (human, crops, etc.) presented by priests • Farming: Step terraces on sides of mountains and llama herding in the high Altiplano, land owned by the empire and fields were divided to service different people (pg. 165)

  11. Inca Empire • Achievements: • Best metalworkers in the Americas • Complex surgeries and antiseptics/anesthesia medicines • Complex road systems, even in mountains, and bridges • Quipu – knotted strings for record keeping • Decline: ALSO were conquered by the Spanish, this time by Francisco Pizzaro’s conquistadors

  12. For remainder of time… • Puzzle – C7 Sections 1&2 (154-167)…DUE TOMORROW! • Tomorrow: Video on the Aztecs

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