1. North America Yucatan Peninsula South America Andes Mts.

2. Toltec Empire Geographic commonalities? Incan Empire Aztec Empire Mayan Empire

3. Map Label from pg. 23 in Atlas Pacific Ocean Cities Atlantic Ocean Tenochtitlan North America Chichen Itza South America Cuzco Mesoamerica Gulf of Mexico Amazon River Andes Mountains Yucatan Peninsula Caribbean Sea Mayas Aztec Empire Incan Empire Incan Road System

4. Major Civilizations of the Western Civilization Characteristics of Mayan, Aztec, and Incan Civilizations

5. Chart Analysis • Politically, how did the Mayas differ from the Aztecs and Incas? • What main crop was the foundation of agriculture for the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas? • Write a sentence describing the religious commonality between the Mayas, Aztecs and Incas. • Write a sentence describing a religious difference between the groups. • How may the Mayas have benefitted from their achievements? • Who do you think was the most war-like and aggressive of the 3 groups? • Why do you think the Incas needed an extensive road system more than the Mayas & Aztecs? • Which 2 groups were more influenced by the Europeans? Why?

6. Maize = Foundation of Mesoamerican agriculture

7. Aztec religious temple in Mexico

8. Chichen Itza Mayan religious temple

9. Machu Picchu Incan city in Andes Mts.

10. Part of massive Incan road system through the Andes Mountains

11. Incan road system

12. Toltec Empire 968 C.E. - 1150? Warm Up: Commonalities? Incan Empire 1438 C.E. - 1535 Aztec Empire 1200-1521 Mayan Empire 250 B.C.E.-900 C.E.

14. Chinampas = Aztec farming technique

15. Chinampas Aztec farming technique

16. Chinampas Aztec farming technique

17. Chinampas = Aztec farming technique

18. Aztec Chinampas farming technique

19. Chinampas

20. Main Purpose Reason for Technique/Obstacle being overcome Beneficial Characteristics Aztec Chinampa System How Constructed Addition Benefits to Society

21. Treaty of Tordesillas Most of S. Amer & all of N.Amer. To Spain Brazil to Portugal

22. Spain Portugal Most of S. Amer & all of N.Amer. to Spain Brazil to Portugal 1494