Social studies III partial

They lived

• Tenochtitlan

• Mayans

• Yucatan

• Aztecs

• Peru

• Incas

Now those places are called

• Ecuador

• Aztecs

• Lake Texcoco

• Incas

• Sothern Mexico, Guatemala, Northern Belize and Western Honduras

• Mayans

Match their religion

• Many gods, used music in religious ceremonies, practiced human sacrifice

• Aztecs

• Many gods, king was direct descendant of the Gods

• Mayans

• Many gods, its symbol was gold, worshipped the ruller as a living God.

• Incas

Match their food

• maize, beans, squash, chilli peppers

• Mayans

• maize, avocados, tomatoes, tamales, tortillas, vegetables, mean,

• Aztecs

• maize, sweet potato, coffee, beans, grain, chilli

• Incas

Their government

• Emperor had absolute power, ruled over everyone

• Mayans

• Sapa Inca, divine son of the sun, a skilled warrior who exercised absolute power

• Incas

• No central king, 20 separate cities each one with one king.

• Aztecs

Their achievements

• Many small purchases, 2 calendars, architecture, agriculture

• Aztecs

• Science of astronomy, calendar system, hierologyphic, writing, architecture

• Incas

• Medical practices,surgeries on human brain using anesthesia, pyramid carving, art,pottery metal use

• Mayans

Match their laws

• had 3 social classes

• Mayans

• HArsh laws, the emperor would act as a judge and citizens like jury

• Aztecs

• emperor had absolute power

• Incas

Match their language

• writing system 800 glyphs, some sounds and some pictures

• Incas

• System of glyph pictures, only priests and scribes learned language

• Aztecs

• No writing language, oficial language Quecha

• Mayans

their middle class was made of warriors, craftmen and traders

• Aztec

• Incas

• Mayans

Archeologists can tell a great deal about them from their wonderful pottery and clay figures

• Aztec

• Incas

• Mayans