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CHAPTER 9 TERMS. 1) These are ALL of the terms for Chapter 9 (20): Strait Beringia Potlaches Adobe Tepees Hohokam Pueblo Hopewell Mississippian Chinampas Quipu Olmec Chavin Maya Toltec Aztec Inca Quechua Quetzalcoatl Tenochtitlan. Chapter 9 Section 1 Objectives.
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CHAPTER 9 TERMS 1) These are ALL of the terms for Chapter 9 (20): Strait Beringia Potlaches Adobe Tepees Hohokam Pueblo Hopewell Mississippian Chinampas Quipu Olmec Chavin Maya Toltec Aztec Inca Quechua Quetzalcoatl Tenochtitlan
Chapter 9 Section 1 Objectives • Explain how people first arrived in the Americas. • Describe changes that the development of agriculture brought to the Americas.
The Americas: Geography • The Americas stretch 9000 miles from Greenland to South America. • Mountains: Rocky Mountains on the west coast of U.S. run south through Mexico and into South America (Andes). • Eastern part of North America is flat.
2 Major Rivers Mississippi River: 2530 miles. Largest river in North America The Amazon River: 4000 miles. 2nd largest river in the world.
Use pages 200-202 • How do scholars explain the arrival of people in the Americas, AND what role did climate changes play in allowing migrations to the Americas? • In what ways did the development of farming allow people to form towns and cities? • In what ways did farming in the Americas differ from farming in other parts of the world?
Answers • Glaciers formed a land bridge that Asians used to migrate to North America. • Agriculture ensured a stable and reliable food supply that allowed population growth. • Native Americans never invented the plow, lacked domesticated animals to pull farming equipment, and used simple digging sticks to plant seeds.
Bering Strait • Asia and Alaska are separated by a narrow strip of water called the Bering Strait. • Water is shallow=100-160 feet deep. • During the Ice Age the water froze into glaciers. The glaciers created a land bridge called the Beringia. • The Beringia allowed Asians to move into the Americas
Ice Age Migration • Changes in Asia’s climates forced people who were hunter-gatherers across the land bridge and into the Americas in search of warmer weather. • Asians followed the animal herds across the land bridge.
Creation Myths • Native Americans use creation myths to explain their origins. • Most creation myths contain legends of a creator or a supreme being. • Creation myths were usually passed down orally or acted out. Very few tribes actually wrote their myths down.
Shift from Hunter Gatherers-Farming • Original Americans were nomads who followed the migration of large game animals such as mammoths and mastodons. • The men hunted and fished while the women gathered plants, nuts and berries. • The climate change after the Ice Age caused the temperatures to raise and the glaciers to melt. As a result farming became a new way of life. • The Olmecs in Mexico were the first farmers. They grew corn, beans and squash. • These farmers did not have plows or large animals to help them farm. Eventually they were able to raise surplus crops to sustain large civilizations.
Bell Quiz: Use Pages 203-207 • What methods did the Hohokam use to enable their farming communities to flourish in a dry climate? • Why were the A.D. 1400’s difficult years on the Great Plains? • Why did the Hopewell and Mississippian people build mounds? • What domesticated animal was used by the Great Plains Indians to help them move their goods and tepees? • What is the purpose of totem poles to the Indians of the Northwest?
Bell Quiz Answers • Extensive irrigation networks. • New peoples arrived from the North, pushing many Plains peoples out of their homelands. Droughts made farming impossible in some places. • Built mounds for burials. • Dogs • Represented the history and genealogy of the community.
CHAPTER 9 SECTION 2 1) Create a chart like the one below to compare and contrast the lives of early Americans.
Bell Quiz: Use Pages 208-211 • List the 5 main civilizations of Mesoamerica and Andean South America. • Which civilization was located in modern day Peru? • Which civilization had Tenochtitlan, modern day Mexico City, as its capital? • Name 3 civilizations that performed human sacrifice. • Were the civilizations of Mesoamerica and Andean South America monotheistic or polytheistic?
Bell Quiz Answers • Olmec, Maya, Toltec, Aztec, Inca. • Inca • Aztec • Maya, Toltec, Aztec • Polytheistic
6 page pamphlet: Use pages 208-211 • Create a pamphlet that includes all of the following items: • Cover page w/ a title and a map labeling the Olmec, Maya, Toltec, Aztec, and Inca civilizations. • Dedicate 1 page of your pamphlet to each of the following civilizations: Olmec, Maya, Toltec, Aztec, and Inca. • Each page should include information on ALL of the following characteristics of each civilization: major achievements, government, social organization, religion, communications, and military organization. • You may use your cell phone or I-Pad for this assignment; however, you must stay on task with your technology. No texting or browsing sites not related to the assignment. • Due at the end of the class period!