slides for the Americas Unit

1. The Americas
unit 3

2. 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

3. ch 9: the Americas until
700 CE

4. 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

5. 40,000 - 12,000 years ago
Anasazi & Mississippian, 800 CE
Hohokam, 3000 BCE Iroquois, 1500 CE
Zapotec, 500 BCE
Olmec, 900 BCE
Moche, 100 CE
Chavin, 900 BCE
Nazca, 200 BCE

6. Chavin
900 - 200 BCE
No writing
system,but
advanced
metallurgy

7. Olmec
900 - 400 BCE
San Lorenzo, La
Venta
writing,
geomagnetic
compass
jade & maize

8. Nazca
300 BCE -
800 CE
underground
aqueducts

9. Moche
100 - 800 CE
North coast of
Peru
no written
language

10. 16.1 Diverse Societies of
North America

11. Describe various regional cultures of pre-
Columbian North America
Identify common features of Native American
cultures

13. Inuit of the Arctic

14. Pacific
Northwest
tribes

15. Mississippipian
mounds

16. Trade
Animism
totems

17. 16.2 Mayan Kings & Cities

18. Tikal, Guatamala

19. Uxmal,
Mexico

20. Chichen Itza, Mexico

21. 250 - 900 CE, Maya
Trade
Agriculture
City-states
glyphs & codices like the Popul Vuh
decline?

22. 16.3 Aztecs Control
Central Mexico

23. 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

24. Valley of Mexico
Teotihuacan, 150-200k by the 500s
900, Toltecs
1200, Aztecs
1325, Tenochtitlan
1502, Montezuma II

25. Tenochtitlan

26. 16.4 Inca

27. Trace the Incan rise to power
Describe Incan government and religion
Describe the discord in the Incan Empire

28. 1438, Pachacuti
1500, Land of the Four Quarters, 2500 miles long
and 16 million people
Quechua
Cuzco
ayllu, mita, quipu

29. Inca artisans

30. Macchu Picchu

31. Cuzco