Mesoamerica Comparisons

1. Why did the Aztec build their city where they did?

2. How many people lived in Tenochtitlan, how many visited, why did they visit?

3. Who was Malinche and why was she important?

4. Why did they welcome Cortes?

1. What were they Maya known for?

2. What doe Mesoamerica mean? What area did they cover?

3. Who did the Maya get many of their cultural traits from? What were some of those traits?

4. Why were the Maya different from other ancient civilizations?

1. What were the Inca famous for? What did they build?

2. Why did the Inca think they were special?

3. How big was the Incan Empire? How many people lived there?

4. What led to the downfall of the Incan Empire?

Part 2 - Using your notes, background knowledge, and the articles choose TWO of the civilizations to write a compare and contrast paragraph. You will compare two societies and explain how they were the same and how they were different, (5 sentence minimum).