Unit 4 Portfolio&
Unit 5 Lessons 1-2
World Geography 7
Mrs. Wethington
Objectives
Coming Soon:End of Quarter 1
Progress Reports
Extra Credit
Unit 4 Portfolio Expectations
Unit 5 Lessons 1-2: Olmec, Mayan, and Aztec Civilizations
Reminder: Quarter 1 ENDS Oct. 11
The Last Day to complete lessons or submit corrections for assignments in quarter 1 is Friday,
October 11th at 9pm!!!!
Progress reports will be published the week of October 14-18!!!
Extra Credit
1. Guided Notes: Download the guided notes from my Weebly page, complete them as you go through your lessons, and turn them in for a separate extra credit grade.
2. Quiz and Test Corrections: You can redo ALL of your essay answers and submit them to me on my Weebly page, even if you earned 4/4, just elaborate and I will add onto the existing score.
3. Blow My Mind: Go above and beyond expectations for portfolios and discussions.
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Moving to Canada Portfolio
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Use the Five-Column Graphic Organizer to organize your research.
You DO NOT need to turn this in!!!This is just to help you organize your thoughts.
Organize the Slides
#1 Title slide – Be sure to include your full name under your title.
#2 Introductory slide – Include a brief introduction of your entire presentation. What are you about to discuss with me and why?
Content slides
#3 Your chosen province or territory
#4 Geographical landscape
#5 Natural resources
#6 Economic/job opportunities
#7 Other relevant or fun facts
#8 YOUR reason for choosing this
province or territory over the others
you researched
#9 Citation slide – 2 cited sources
including your textbook (APA format)
You MUST INCLUDE 2-3 illustrations or images of your chosen
province or territory throughout your presentation!
Submit the Portfolio in the Dropbox
Click on the link in your Connexus lesson.
Upload your PPT Portfolio OR submit a note that says you need more time.
Unit 5: Lesson 1-2
Vocabulary
Observatory – building for observing the sky
Basin – bowl shaped area
Chinampa – artificial island built by the Aztecs
Dike – a wall to hold back water
Aqueduct – a canal or pipe that carries fresh water
Slash-and-burn agriculture – farming method in which trees and other plants on a plot of land are cut down and burned and ash is used for fertilizer
Quetzal – colorful tropical bird
Hieroglyphic – symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound
Olmec and ZapotecPeoples who lived in Mesoamerica in ancient times.
Olmec• 1200 BCE to 400 BCE
• Used slash-and-burn
agriculture
• Learned to produce more food as population grew
• Built cities and set patterns for future civilizations
Olmec and ZapotecPeoples who lived in Mesoamerica in ancient times.
Zapotec• Lived in highlands SW of Olmec
• Developed first system of writing around 600 BCE
Maya Civilization
• Lived in what are today Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico’s Yucatan Penninsula
• Cities• Earliest city between 250 and 800 BCE
• Major cities of Tikal, Palenque, and Copan
• Hundreds of buildings, stone pyramids, temples, and palaces
• Societies• Nobles, middle class, and commoners
• Most people were farmers who lived in villages outside of cities and raised crops, wove cloth, made pottery, etc.
• Large trade network• Traveled inland on foot or along coast by canoe
• Traded food, cotton, cacao beans, obsidian, jade, and feathers from the quetzal
Maya Civilization cont.
• Government• Made up of dozens of city-states (a city w/ a government that controls
surrounding territory)
• Each city had its own king
• Nobles ran the government
• Kings increased power by going to war and taking control of trade routes
• Religion• Worshipped many gods (representing forces of nature)
• Believed priests and kings could talk to gods through rituals
• Pyramids were built to be closer to gods
• Practiced human sacrifice and bloodletting
• Sacrificed prisoners of war, slaves, and children
• Priests cut themselves to sacrifice blood
Maya Achievements
• Writing• Used hieroglyphics to preserve information
• Astronomy and Mathematics• Calculated movements of the sun, moon, and planets
• Developed complex system of calendars• Planned religious festivals and seasonal farming tasks
• Architecture and Art• Built pyramids 100s of feet into the air with temples on top
• Built observatories
• Lacked metal tools so all blocks were cut with stone tools
• Lacked vehicles or animals that could carry loads so blocks were placed by hand
• Artists painted murals on temple walls and palaces
• Created fine pottery and jewelry and masks from jade and pearls
Aztecs
• Valley of Mexico• Basin in Mexico’s central highlands and center of Aztec empire
• Fertile volcanic soils and water flowing from mountains
• City-state of Tenochtitlan• Aztec city on small island in Lake Texcoco in Valley of Mexico
• Built causeways to link city to shore
• Easily defended
• Canals built for transport
• Rich soil for farming and lake was rick in fish and ducks
• Built chinampas for more farming land
• Had no outlet so became salty
• Aztecs built a dike to hold back salty water
• Brought fresh water to populated side of dike
Aztecs cont.
• Government• King was part of a Triple Alliance
• Included Tlacopan and Texcoco
• Supported each other with troops and control
• King made all war decisions and had complete power over his city
• Triple Alliance controlled kings of the city-states they conquered
• City-states sent tributes and payment of valuable goods
• Religion• Worshipped many gods
• Huitzilopochtli brought battle success and made sun rise
• Without human blood, he would grow weak and sun would disappear
• Sacrificed thousands each year cutting out hearts
Aztecs cont.
• Daily Life and Economy• Life centered on farming and
household duties
• Men tended fields
• Women cooked, cleaned, raised children
• Wealthiest traveled empire as traders
• Society and People• Fierce warriors and rarely defeated
• Ruled large empire of 10 million people
• Society of nobles and commoners
• Nobles were descendants of first king
• Owned slaves (children were born free)
• Most Aztec were commoners
Aztec Achievements
• Engineering and Architecture• Built canals, causeways, and aqueducts
• Largest temple was Templo Mayor, or Great Temple
• Arts• Made jewelry from gold, silver, and semiprecious stones
• Made fans, headdresses, capes, and shields from bright feathers of tropical birds
• Made beautiful stone sculptures
• Oral Tradition• No well developed writing system
• Stories were told and passed down of legends of gods
• Poets were highly respected
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