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RCOT: The Americas

RCOT: The Americas. Mesoamerica: Olmec. Mesoamerica: Teotihuacan. Chinampas in Teotihuacan: floating gardens How were chinampas developed? What were they used for?. Mesoamerica: Maya. MAYAN ARCHITECTURE: TEMPLE AT PALENQUE.

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RCOT: The Americas

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  1. RCOT: The Americas

  2. Mesoamerica: Olmec

  3. Mesoamerica: Teotihuacan

  4. Chinampas in Teotihuacan: floating gardensHow were chinampas developed? What were they used for?

  5. Mesoamerica: Maya

  6. MAYAN ARCHITECTURE: TEMPLE AT PALENQUE

  7. MAYAN ASTRONOMY. Left: The jaguars represent north, south, east, and west. The Maya believed the earth was flat and that the jaguars held up the sky. Right: Mayan sun god stone carving.

  8. MAYAN GLYPHS. Which other great civilizationused hieroglyphics and constructed pyramids?

  9. TOLTEC

  10. MESOAMERICA: AZTEC EMPIREChronological memory device: Ol’ Teo’ Ma’ Tol’ Az [Olteomatolaz] = Olmec, Teotihuacan, Maya, Toltec, Aztec

  11. AZTEC ARCHITECTUREPyramid construction was the greatest technological achievement of Aztec civilization. What was the utilitarian value of pyramids? (How were they used?)

  12. ANDEAN CIVILIZATIONS: Inca.Describe the role of the ayllu. Describe the mit’a system. How were messages carried quickly from Cuzco ,the capital, to other towns and cities?

  13. INCA ARCHITECTURE:MACHU PICCHUName four Andean civilizations that existed before the Inca.See chapter 12 in your text.

  14. Inca Khipu: record keepingused to keep inventory, create a census, keep records

  15. Conquistadors: Cortez--Aztecs--Mexico; Pizarro--Incas--PeruIn your notes, define encomiendaand the mit’a system; draw the hierarchy.

  16. COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA (1800)

  17. LATIN AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

  18. SIMON BOLIVAR: The LiberatorLatin American Nationalism

  19. ANCIENT NORTH AMERICA:Cahokia Mound Builders & Mississippian Cities

  20. ANCIENT NORTH AMERICA: ADENA & HOPEWELL

  21. Anasazi: Mesa Verde Cliff Dwelling

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