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EARLY AMERICAN EMPIRES

UNIT 5 Chapter 9 – The Americas: A Separate World Chapter 16 – People and Empires in the Americas. EARLY AMERICAN EMPIRES. OBJECTIVES. CORE OBJECTIVE : Describe the impact and influence of early American civilizations upon the rest of the world.

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EARLY AMERICAN EMPIRES

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  1. UNIT 5Chapter 9 – The Americas: A Separate WorldChapter 16 – People and Empires in the Americas EARLY AMERICAN EMPIRES

  2. OBJECTIVES • CORE OBJECTIVE: Describe the impact and influence of early American civilizations upon the rest of the world. • Objective 5.1: Explain the origins and impact of the first inhabitants and their use of agriculture in the Americas • Objective 5.2: Identify the achievements of the Olmec and Zapotec societies. • Objective 5.3: Describe the impact of the early Andes civilizations. • THEME:

  3. The Americas: A Separate World, 40,000 B.C.–A.D. 700 The Earliest Americans SECTION 1 SECTION 2 Early Mesoamerican Civilizations Early Civilizations of the Andes SECTION 3

  4. Where in the world?

  5. EARLY CIVILIZATIONS OF THE ANDES CHAPTER 9 SECTION 3 In the Andes Mountains, various groups create flourishing civilizations.

  6. CIVILIZATIONS of the andes • Chavin are in purple • Nazca are in red • Moche are in yellow

  7. Societies arise in the andes • Settlements on the Coastal Plain • Andes Mountains climate, environment make travel, farming difficult • Harsh deserts & mountains lie along Pacific coast • Coastal areas with rivers have good soil; are settled 3600–2500 B.C. • Around 3000 B.C. agriculture starts; by 1800 B.C., communities arise WRITE THIS DOWN!

  8. The chavin • The Chavín Period • Chavín— first influential culture in South America, religion important • Arises in mountains; flourishes from 900 B.C. to 200 B.C. • Named for major ruin, Chavín de Huántar • City has pyramids, plazas, and massive earth mounds • Chavínculture spreads over north and central Peru • “Mother culture” in Peru — influences later cultures WRITE THIS DOWN!

  9. The nazca • Nazca Achievements • Nazca — culture on southern coast of Peru • Flourishes from 200 B.C. to A.D. 600 • They build irrigation systems; create puzzling designs on land • Nazca also make beautiful pottery and textiles WRITE THIS DOWN!

  10. Nazcalines What were they for How have they lasted so long? (p 248)

  11. WRITE THIS DOWN! The moche • Moche Culture • Moche— culture that thrives on northern coast of Peru • Flourishes from A.D. 100 to 700 • Moche build large irrigation systems to water wide range of crops • Images on Moche tombs and pottery reveal how they lived • Neither Moche religion nor fall of culture are understood

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