Chapter 11 Outline Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas (600-1500) I. Classic-Era Culture and Society in Mesoamerica A. Teotihuacan * The Teotihuacan were located 30 miles from now-day Mexico city and it reached its peak in about 600‚ although its decline came shortly after in 650. * The Teotihucan had a polytheistic society and believed in many gods. They also believed in human sacrifice and they thought that this was necessary in order to lead a good and prosperous life. * The
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bridge called Beringia which connected Alaska to northeastern Asia. Large herds of animals wondered across the land bridge in search of grazing land and hunters followed them/ * The mound builders were the Adena‚ The Hopewell‚ and The Mississippian culture. They built monuments of earth in the shape of mounds and stored artifacts in them. * The Cliff-dwellers were the Anasazi pueblos. The built houses on the walls of canyons and under overhangs of caves. * 5 requirements for a civilization:
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nicknamed Temple Mound Builders because they built earthen temple mounds that were several stories high and had flat tops. The significant buildings‚ such as their wooden temples‚ council houses and chief’s house‚ were built atop these mounds. The cultural hub of the Mississippian culture was Cahokia‚ which occupied over 8000 people and was the first metropolis of America. Constructed near present day Collinsville‚ Illinois‚ Cahokia occupied nearly 120 temple mounds‚ including Monks Mound‚ the largest
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In the following text we will find a brief summary about nomadic tribes who were the first inhabitants of the Americans which is based in the article Three Worlds Meet: The Peopling of the Americas (found it in the Course Syllabus). Christopher Columbus landed in where he believed was the “New World” on October 12‚ 1492 however it was not something new. This was the home of diverse societies that would become known as North and South America for at least 12‚000 years. Columbus named the inhabitants
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* Gone by the time Europeans come to America * Lived along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers * Lived in houses * Farmers * Traders * Largest civilization in US * Moral Code * Mound builders The great serpant mound is theirs * May have went extinct because of drought‚ locusts.. bad seasons‚ warring tribes‚ internal tribal warfare‚ natural disaster‚ disease * Aztecs * Mayans * Incas * Peru * Migration
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6th Grade Social Studies- Final Study Questions Unit 1- Chapters 1-2 1. Archaeologist have to carefully uncover evidence‚ or clues from the past‚ also they try and find artifacts. They study the remains of past cultures. 2. The Stone Age was a time where people relied mostly on tools made out of stone. Communities started to develop during that time. 3. Domesticate means to tame wild animals. Divine kingship means that the right to rule was god given. The Sumerians believed kings were chosen by the
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in which they plant in mulch mounds. The mounds are formed by piling large amounts of grass and covering the grass with dirt (Wohlt‚ 2004). The mound size depends upon the size of elevation. The functions of the mounds are to protect against frost‚ which frequently occurs in high altitudes. Sweet potatoes mature in about 9 months. When the harvest is complete‚ they pull apart the mound and mulch with the leaves and old crop. Once the mulch starts to decompose‚ the mound is then rebuilt for new planting
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Our Ancestor in America Ancient Mayan Artifacts of Our Ancestor in America The Original Arawaks‚ Californians‚ Andeans The First Americans Red or Black Archeology Article Canaanite in Mexico (Eckchuah) Largest Pyramid is found in Mexico Mound Builder Artifacts of Our Ancestor in America The Ben-Ishmael Tribe of North America (Indians?) Our Aboriginal Relatives in the N.E. United States Document from the Moroccan Mission in New York Europeans Enslaved by Moors‚ Women in Harems An American
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Chapter 1: New World Beginnings Vocabulary 1. Marco Polo: Marco Polo was an Italian explorer who spent several years in China. When he returned in 1295‚ there became a sudden interest in finding a quicker route to Asia. Polo‚ along with father Niccolo and his uncle Maffeo‚ was among the first westerners to travel the Silk Road. 2. Francisco Pizarro: Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who conquered the Incas located in Peru‚ in 1532. He claimed land from Panama to Peru for
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elements of pyramids can be seen in the extreme case‚ tombs in Lower Nubia (A-group)‚ which consisted of pits sunk into the ground and covered by a ceiling of sandstone slabs. They are built on a mound of debris encased in drystone masonry. Pottery can also be found at the base of the mounds‚ and some of the mounds had been constructed specially to offer places on the west and south sides. Then how about those huger pyramids at Giza? They are built on gigantic scale with more complex versions of the same
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