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

40,000 - 12,000 years ago Mississippian, 800 CE Iroquois, 1500 CE

Anasazi & Hohokam, 3000 BCE

Zapotec, Olmec, 500900 BCE BCE

Moche, 100 CE Chavin, 900 BCE Nazca, 200 BCE

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 preColumbian North America Identify common features of Native American cultures

Inuit of the Arctic

Pacific Northwest tribes

Mississippipian mounds

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