Ancient+Civilizations

Where In The World Is This? Ancient Civilizations

1.[] Cree 2 [] China 3. [] Japan 4. [] Myans & Aztecs 5. [] Incas 6. [] Egypt 7. __[]__ Mesopotamia

Ancient CIVILIZATIONS:

Incas:
 * men had to find wives before they were 20 or one would be chosen for them
 * in terms of marriage the bride and groom held hands and exchanged sandals
 * locaterd in Peru
 * owned over 10,000,000 acres
 * equipment werent used unless they were found usefull

Aztecs:
 * lived during the 1400'sand early 1500's
 * the capital was Techochtitlan
 * the aztecs were originally from Mexico
 * they wore bright coloured blouses with alot of Jewlery
 * their main food source was Maize

Egypt:
 * carved ears into stone to persuade the gods to listen to their prayers.
 * for lunch they usually packed bread onions beer and an occasional cucumber
 * cleopatra was their queen
 * pharoahs never let their hair be seen
 * the sphinx was 66 feet tall

China:
 * their are 1.3 billion people
 * the great wall was 5500 miles long
 * most chinese clothing was made of silk
 * 1/5 of the worlds population lives in china
 * the father of the house was the authority

Japan:
 * the clothing colours was based on what the seson was.
 * samuri's were paid with rice, not money
 * civilians thought the emperors used magic

Cree:
 * on the praire\ies the cree lived in tipis
 * the plains cree were always at war with the Blackfoot and Lakota
 * hunted moose, caribou, bear and beaver
 * hunting was a spiritual and necessary activity
 * the most famous cree weapon was the bow and arrow

Meso: Mayan:
 * mesopotamia is now present day Iraq
 * sacrificed people to make the gods happy
 * they thought people who were crossed eyed and had flat forheads were beautiful
 * to decide who to sacrifice they would play a ball game and the loser would be killed
 * they maked alchoholic beverages with corn and seasoned it with honey to make it sweet
 * didnt wear too much makeup