Begin
your webquest here...
Geography: On the map provided…
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Identify
where the Incan, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations were located.
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In what
modern countries would you have found these civilizations?
o http://www.internationalteflacademy.com/Portals/67369/images/latin-america-english-teaching-jobs-map.gif
Religions:
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Were
these empires polytheistic or monotheistic?
o Name at least one god from each civilization. What they were the god of?
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Aztec-
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Maya-
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Inca-
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Use the
following sites to answer the next two questions:
o http://www.religionfacts.com/mayan_religion/index.htm
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Why
were the pyramids of the Aztec and Maya built?
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What
happened at the Aztec and Mayan temples?
Aztecs: http://library.thinkquest.org/27981/index.html
Click on a few of the links to help find
your answers.
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What
was the name of the Aztec capital/main city?
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Why did
they build it where they did? (Hint, this can be found in several places; look at
the religion/beliefs section.)
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Aztec Calendar-
o How many months did the Aztecs have?
o How is their calendar alike and different
from ours?
o Who was Hernando Cortez and how did he help
bring about the end of the Aztec civilization?
Maya: http://www.religionfacts.com/mayan_religion/index.htm
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Calendar-
o How many calendars did the Maya have? How
accurate were they?
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Decline-
o
Do
we know why the Maya civilization declined?
Inca: http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/theconquestofperu/p/08Atahualpa.htm
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Who was
Atahualpa?
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Who was
Francisco Pizarro and how did he help bring about the end of the Incan
civilization?
o Who was Inti?
o What did he have his children do?
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Technology-
o Why were Inca roads so impressive? http://incas.mrdonn.org/roads.html
o Did Incans write and keep records?
o What is Macchu Pichu and who “found it”? http://www.sacredsites.com/americas/peru/machu_picchu.html
Timeline Help:
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Use the
following sites to help develop your timeline. Remember, you will make ONE
timeline that contains the start and end date for each civilization.
o http://www.mayan-traveler.com/mayan-timeline.php
