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