americas slides

The Americas

unit 3

Objectives

Explain the peopling of the Americas

Explain the origins and impact of domestication in the Americas

Explain the impact of various “mother-cultures” on later regional civilizations

Describe the key characteristics and achievements of the major classical civilizations in the Americas

How religious and ethical beliefs affect the daily lives and culture of the people of the Americas

ch 9: the Americas until 700 CE

Explain how the first inhabitants migrated to the Americas, and describe what early American cultures were like

Compare and contrast the Olmec and Zapotec, and evaluate the contributions they made to later civilizations

Describe the first people of the Andes, focusing on the rise of the Nazca and Moche civilizations

Olmec, 900 BCEZapotec, 500 BCE

Chavin, 900 BCE

Nazca, 200 BCE

Moche, 100 CE

Anasazi &Hohokam, 3000 BCE

Mississippian, 800 CEIroquois, 1500 CE

40,000 - 12,000 years ago

Chavin

900 - 200 BCE

No writing system,but advanced metallurgy

Olmec

900 - 400 BCE

San Lorenzo, La Venta

writing, geomagnetic compass

jade & maize

Nazca

300 BCE - 800 CE

underground aqueducts

Moche

100 - 800 CE

North coast of Peru

no written language

16.1 Diverse Societies of North America

Describe various regional cultures of pre-Columbian North America

Identify common features of Native American cultures

Inuit of the Arctic

Pacific Northwest

tribes

Mis

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Trade

Animism

totems

16.2 Mayan Kings & Cities

Tikal, Guatamala

Uxmal,Mexico

Chichen Itza, Mexico

250 - 900 CE, Maya

Trade

Agriculture

City-states

glyphs & codices like the Popul Vuh

decline?

16.3 Aztecs Control Central Mexico

Describe two early cultures of the Valley of Mexico: Teotihuacan and the Toltecs

Explain the rise of the Aztecs and their society

Characterize the the main features of Aztec religion

Identify factors that led to the fall of the Aztecs

Valley of Mexico

Teotihuacan, 150-200k by the 500s

900, Toltecs

1200, Aztecs

1325, Tenochtitlan

1502, Montezuma II

Tenochtitlan

16.4 Inca

Trace the Incan rise to power

Describe Incan government and religion

Describe the discord in the Incan Empire

1438, Pachacuti

1500, Land of the Four Quarters, 2500 miles long and 16 million people

Quechua

Cuzco

ayllu, mita, quipu

Inca artisans

Macchu Picchu

Cuzco