Maya – Inca – Aztec Graphic Organizer



Maya – Inca – Aztec Graphic Organizer

|Question… |MAYA |INCA |AZTEC |Are they all |

| | | | |similar? Yes or No |

|1 Who was on top of the social hierarchy? | | | | |

|2 Who was on bottom of social hierarchy? | | | | |

|3 Did they believe in more than one god? | | | | |

|4 Did they have slavery? | | | | |

|5 Did they have jails? | | | | |

|6 What did they do to criminals? | | | | |

|7 What did they eat? | | | | |

|8 What years were they in power? | | | | |

|9 Were they in South or Central America? | | | | |

|10 Did they flatten heads for beauty? | | | | |

|11 Did they practice ‘terrace farming’? | | | | |

|12 Did they use Chinampas? | | | | |

|13 Did they practice Human Sacrifice? | | | | |

|14 Were they conquered by the Spanish? | | | | |

|15 Which Spanish Conquistador conquered them? | | | | |

|16 Did they build Machu Piccu? | | | | |

|17 Were they famous for making a calendar? | | | | |

|18 Did they have a written language? | | | | |

|19 Draw a sample of their written language (if | | | | |

|they have one) ( | | | | |

| | | | | |

|20 At what age did they get married? | | | | |

|21 Did they use a certain animal in ceremonies? | | | | |

|22 Which animal did they use (if any)? | | | | |

MAYA – INCA – AZTEC social hierarchy

Maya social structure

1) __________

2) __________

3) __________

4) __________

5) __________

Inca social structure

1) ____________

2) ____________

3) ____________

4) ____________

5) ____________

6) ____________

Aztec social structure

1) ____________

2) ____________

3) ____________

• Tenochtitlan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Horses

• 20,000,000

• Europe

• Aztec

• Inca

• 180

• Hernan Cortes

• Guns

• Small Pox

• 550

• Aztec

•

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The Spanish came from Spain on the continent of ___________. When they arrived in the Americas, the __________ Empire was dominating Central America while the __________ Empire was dominating South America around the Andes Mountains. The capital of the ____________ Empire was called ____________, which today is called Mexico City. The Spanish conquistador ______________________ led Spanish in the conquest of the Aztecs with only _____ men while the Aztec empire numbered ____________ people. Likewise, the Spanish conquistador _________________ led the Spanish conquest of the Inca with only _____ men although the Inca had ____________ people. The deadly disease known as ___________ was brought over by the Spanish and it killed much of the Aztec and Incan population, making the Spanish conquest even easier. The Spanish also had ______ instead of arrows and spears, & they rode on _________.

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