Chapter 7 Section 1

The Maya and Aztec

Glyphs

Written characters that represent both objects and sounds

Pok-A-Tok

Ball game played by the Mayan

Chinampas

Garden plots that floated on Lake Texcoco; used by the Aztecs

Mesoamerica

Middle America; Mexico and Central America

The Maya civilization was located in southern Mexico and the Yucatan peninsula.

The height of the Mayan culture was from 300 AD to 900 AD.

The Mayans were technologically advanced in the areas of astronomy, engineering, and architecture.

The Mayans created the only complete writing system in the ancient America’s using hieroglyphics.

What happened to the losers of the ball game sometimes?

Sacrificed

Name four products traded by the Mayans. Salt, jade, ceramics, shells, turquoise, cacao

Obsidian was used to make knives .

Tenochtitlan is the capital city of the Aztec civilization.

Tenochtitlan was unusual because it was built in the middle of Lake Texcoco.

Chinampas is the name of the garden plots the Aztec’s used to grow their food on.

Aztec society was run by the military and dominated by warriors.

The Aztec sacrificed humans to their sun god, so the sun would rise each day

The people that the Aztec’s conquered were forced to pay taxes to the Aztec’s and give them captives to sacrifice.