MEXICO

1. MEXICO

2. MEXICO P H Y S I C A L United States Sonora Desert Baja Peninsula Rio Grande Gulf Of California Sierra Madre Oriental Central Plateau Sierra Madre Occidental Gulf of Mexico Yucatan Peninsula Sierra Madre del Sur Pacific Ocean Mexico City Gulf Coastal Plain Belize Guatemala

3. Mexico’s Ancient Civilizations

4. Mexico Tenochtitlan island causeways conquest world population The Aztec City of Tenochtitlan The Aztec empire was located in __________. The center of the empire was _____________, a city built on an ___________ in Lake Texcoco. The city was connected to the mainland by a series of ____________ and bridges. At the time of the Spanish ____________ it was the largest and most powerful city in Mesoamerica and it was one of the largest cities in the ____________. Most estimates put the ___________ of Tenochtitlan at over 200,000 people. In every district, there were ____________ to buy and sell goods. Trade from all over the empire came through Tenochtitlan. There were also ____________ that carried freshwater into the city and ____________ where the Aztecs worshipped their gods by sacrificing humans to them. After the Spanish conquest, the city was completely destroyed and a Spanish city, Mexico, was built over the ____________. In recent years, ____________ have been able to uncover many of the ruins buried under the streets of Mexico. marketplaces aqueducts temples ruins archeologists

5. Mesoamerica architects Tikal pyramids glyphs Mayan CivilizationMayan Civilization developed in the rainforests of ____________ where the Mayas built large cities out of stone. The Mayas were expert ____________, building temples, palaces, and even ball courts. In one city alone, the city of ____________, the remains of thousands of buildings have been found including six large temples in the shape of ___________. They developed a system of writing using ____________ similar to Egyptian hieroglyphics where pictures represented words. They carved these glyphs into stone and or wrote them on ____________ made from the bark of fig trees. The Mayas were also interested in ___________. They ____________ the stars and planets in the night sky and developed a very accurate ___________ that had 365 days. In mathematics, the Mayas developed a number system that included a symbol for ____________. The could write any number using just the symbols for zero, one, and five. The Mayas had a well-developed ____________ economy. Lowland cities traded rubber, cotton, and cocoa beans (used for making chocolate) for jade and ____________ found near highland cities. paper observed astronomy calendar zero trade obsidian

6. Mayan Numbers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 4 2 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 7 9 15 5 11 6 16 0

7. Mayan Numbers 11. 12 12. 17 13. 4 14. 11 15. 10 16. 20 17. 6 18. 13 19. 9 20. 0