1. Geography: On the map provided…
Identify where the Incan, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations were located. Label them on the map!
2. Religions:
Were these empires polytheistic or monotheistic?
3. Timeline:
Use the following site to help develop your timeline. Remember, you will make ONE timeline that contains the start and end date for each civilization. (ONLY 6 dates)
- http://www.lib.uci.edu/about/publications/exhibits/meso/images/3.jpg
- http://www.classzone.com/net_explorations/U4/U4_article1.cfm
- http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/nalargez.htm (Maya and Aztec)
- http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/salargez.htm (Inca)
2. Religions:
Were these empires polytheistic or monotheistic?
- Name at least one god from each civilization. What they were the god of? http://mayaincaaztec.com/religion.html
3. Timeline:
Use the following site to help develop your timeline. Remember, you will make ONE timeline that contains the start and end date for each civilization. (ONLY 6 dates)
Let's Take a Closer Look...
Aztecs:
http://www.livescience.com/34660-tenochtitlan.html
Click on a few of the links to help find your answers.
What was the name of the Aztec capital/main city?
Why did they build it where they did?
Aztec Calendar- http://www.class.uh.edu/courses/engl3396/jtchris2/calendar.htm
How many calendars and months did the Aztecs have? Explain each calendar
How is their calendar alike and different from ours?
Decline- http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/cortes/cortes_a00.html
Who was Hernando Cortez and how did he help bring about the end of the Aztec civilization?
Maya:
Calendar- http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-mayan.html
Discuss the Maya calendars. How accurate were they?
Decline- http://www.history.com/topics/maya (Watch the video and read the bottom of the article.)
Do we know why the Maya civilization declined?
Inca:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pizarro-traps-incan-emperor-atahualpa
Who was Atahualpa?
Who was Francisco Pizarro and how did he help bring about the end of the Incan civilization?
Religion- http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/mythology/inti_sun.html
Who was Inti?
What did he have his children do?
Technology-
Why were Inca roads so impressive? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/lost-inca-empire.html
Did Incans write and keep records? http://archaeology.about.com/od/americanancientwriting/a/quipu.htm
What is Macchu Pichu and who “found it”? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/lost-inca-empire.html
http://www.livescience.com/34660-tenochtitlan.html
Click on a few of the links to help find your answers.
What was the name of the Aztec capital/main city?
Why did they build it where they did?
Aztec Calendar- http://www.class.uh.edu/courses/engl3396/jtchris2/calendar.htm
How many calendars and months did the Aztecs have? Explain each calendar
How is their calendar alike and different from ours?
Decline- http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/cortes/cortes_a00.html
Who was Hernando Cortez and how did he help bring about the end of the Aztec civilization?
Maya:
Calendar- http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-mayan.html
Discuss the Maya calendars. How accurate were they?
Decline- http://www.history.com/topics/maya (Watch the video and read the bottom of the article.)
Do we know why the Maya civilization declined?
Inca:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pizarro-traps-incan-emperor-atahualpa
Who was Atahualpa?
Who was Francisco Pizarro and how did he help bring about the end of the Incan civilization?
Religion- http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/mythology/inti_sun.html
Who was Inti?
What did he have his children do?
Technology-
Why were Inca roads so impressive? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/lost-inca-empire.html
Did Incans write and keep records? http://archaeology.about.com/od/americanancientwriting/a/quipu.htm
What is Macchu Pichu and who “found it”? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/lost-inca-empire.html
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