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The Americas

The Americas. Chapter Seven. The Americas. Nomads migrated from Asia to North America across the land bridge at the Bering Strait about 30,000 years ago during the last Ice Age. The Nomads followed and hunted the Wholly Mammoth and other migrating animals.

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The Americas

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  1. The Americas Chapter Seven

  2. The Americas • Nomads migrated from Asia to North America across the land bridge at the Bering Strait about 30,000 years ago during the last Ice Age. • The Nomads followed and hunted the Wholly Mammoth and other migrating animals. • Eventually, the Nomads spread across North America, down through Central America, and into South America.

  3. Mesoamerican Civilizations Olmecs • The Olmecs were believed to be the earliest American civilization. They emerged in the tropical rain forests along the Mexican Gulf Coast about 1400 B.C. and lasted until 500 B.C. • The Olmecs were polytheistic. • The Olmecs did not have cities. Rather, they built temples at religious centers in the forests.

  4. Question: Mystery!? See the picture of the 40 ton stone head on page 154 of your textbook. How did they move those 40 ton boulders 60 miles without wheeled vehicles or ships?

  5. Mayan Civilization • The Mayas settled in what became present day Guatemala in Central America. • They built cities and temples as well as pyramids for religious ceremonies. • Polytheistic - The Mayas practiced blood sacrifices.

  6. Each city had a chief and a well organized government. • Achievements included hieroglyphics, astronomy (365 day solar calendar), number system (zero) and architecture (pyramids/temples).

  7. Aztecs1200 – 1521 • Located in Central America - present day Mexico • Well organized government with chief ruler • Capital city was Tenochtitlan - present day Mexico City

  8. Polytheistic, human sacrifices made to the Sun god, Huitzilopochtli, on a daily basis • Achievements - in medicine with herbs to treat illness, set bones, and filling dental cavities; in agriculture - grew corn and invented tacos • Defeated by Cortez and Spanish conquerors in 1521

  9. Incan Empire1300 - 1525 • Andes Mountains and Pacific Coast of South America • Incan god king had absolute power • Polytheistic, worshiped many gods of nature • Lived in small cities atop mountains

  10. Achievements – 12,000 mile network of roads, metal working, surgery on skull, early form of anesthesia • Spanish invaders destroyed the Incas

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