CIVILIZATIONS OF THE AMERICAS DBQ This task is based on the accompanying documents. Some of these documents have been edited for the purpose of this task. This task is designed to test your ability to work with historic documents. As you analyze the documents‚ take into account both the source of the document and the author’s point of view Historical Context Between 300 and 1500‚ three advanced civilizations developed in Central and South America. Ruins from the Mayan civilization remain
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geographical theme found in South America. Elevation has an effect on and can help explain different features‚ patterns‚ climates‚ food‚ and where people live in South America. The Andes Mountains are a major source of elevation in South America. Elevation affects where rivers flow. The Amazon River begins at a high elevation in the Andes Mountains and breaks off into different rivers and directions based on the elevation of the surrounding regions. In South America many resources and metals like
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Ancient Egypt and Mesoamerica "We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with fragments that pop up to the surface‚ having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part." Alan Bloom expresses how all should feel when looking back to civilizations before. The Ancient Egyptians and Mesoamericans were two civilizations that continue to influence life today. These had both similarities and differences. Although Egypt
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in Latin America Work done by: Contents I. Introduction 3 II. Urbanization Process 4 III. Internal Migration and Urbanization 8 IV. Urban Systems 10 V. Conclusion 13 VI. Bibliography 14 I. Introduction Urbanization is likely to be one of the defining phenomena of the 21st Century for Latin America as well as
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South America Posters‚ movies‚ words are techniques used in propaganda. Propaganda is information not necessarily correct‚ that is used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. Throughout time propaganda has caused a great deal of conflicts‚ it has been used by many to convince societies that they are right and to attack the opposing individuals. Propaganda is commonly used during wars for example during World War 1 posters were put around the nation telling
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Audrey Hepburn March 4‚ 2013 Mr. Miller AP U.S. History South vs. North 1800-1850 FRQ: In spite of sharing a country‚ the Northern and Southern areas of America had many differences and distinctions‚ which ended up dividing the nation. During the first part of the 1800’s the North and the South grew in different ways. In the North‚ cities were centers of wealth and manufacturing. There were many skilled workers. In the South there was not much manufacturing. There were not many skilled workers
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Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) (p.794) -- hailed as a liberator in Latin America. Worked for the establishment of a large confederation that would provide Latin America with the political‚ military‚ and economic strength to resist encroachment by foreign powers. Pofirio Diaz (p.805) -- dictator who ruled Mexico (1876-1911). Diaz represented the interests of large landowners‚ wealthy merchants‚ and foreign investors. Under his rule‚ Mexico industrialized as railroads and telegraphs connected all of Mexico
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For centuries‚ historians have pored over written and archaeological records of pre-Conquest Mesoamerica trying to form a coherent historical narrative of the region before the Europeans arrived. However‚ many historians have used documents and archaeological interdependently‚ instead of independently. This methodological failure has resulted in revisionist history and the contortion of dates and stories in a flawed attempt to make a narrative functional and linear. Stories turned into myths‚ which
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7 9 September 2015 Chapter 6 Summary Early societies of Mesoamerica The Olmecs Early Agriculture in Mesoamerica Mesoamerican people began to cultivate manioc‚ beans‚ chili peppers‚ avocados‚ and gourds. By 4000 B.C.E.‚ maize had become the major staple crop of the region. Tomatoes were later added as a crop that they cultivated. By 3000 B.C.E.‚ agricultural villages started to appear and by 2000 B.C.E. agriculture spread amongst Mesoamerica. Although Mesoamericans had animals‚ they did not have cattle
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a need for them to be stored in better ways. This process led to the formation of a skilled artisan culture to do so‚ which produce a form of social mobility and a way out of destitute and serfdom for the peasantry class. The artisanship in Mesoamerica did create a huge impact on the trade of goods within the Aztec empire‚ and as a result of the burgeoning class of skilled workers‚ along with the superior craftsmanship of their labor‚ goods along with crops could be preserved and moved at longer
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