Geography Challenge: Meso-America

Step 1.  Research.

Research one interesting fact about #1-7

1. Andes Mountains
2. Amazon River
3. Yucatan Peninsula
4. Sierra Madres
5. Tenochtitlan
6. Lake Titicaca
7. Valley of Mexico

Step 2.  More research

Find the ansers to #8-10.

8.  Find the size of the Aztec Empire in square miles.

9.  Find out how much a guided tour of a Mayan temple costs.

10.  Find out how many miles long (north/south) the Incan Empire was.

Step 3.  Draw your map and label items 11-19 on it.  Use the map in your history book as a guide.  Do not draw the modern day countries.  Just draw an outline map.  Then draw in items 11-19.`

11.  Andes Mountains

12.  Amazon River

13.  Sierra Madres Occidental and Sierra Madres Oriental

14.  Valley of Mexico

15 Atacama Desert

16.  Lake Titicaca

17.  Inca Empire

18.  Aztec Empire

19.  Mayan Civilization

Step 4.

Use your notes from step one and two to annotate your map.