RCOT: The Americas
Mesoamerica: Olmec
Mesoamerica: Teotihuacan
Chinampas in Teotihuacan: floating gardensHow were chinampas developed? What were they used for?
Mesoamerica: Maya
MAYAN ARCHITECTURE: TEMPLE AT PALENQUE
MAYAN ASTRONOMY. Left: The jaguars represent north, south, east, and west. The Maya believed the earth was flat and that the jaguars held up the sky. Right: Mayan sun god stone carving.
MAYAN GLYPHS. Which other great civilizationused hieroglyphics and constructed pyramids?
TOLTEC
MESOAMERICA: AZTEC EMPIREChronological memory device: Ol’ Teo’ Ma’ Tol’ Az [Olteomatolaz] = Olmec, Teotihuacan, Maya, Toltec, Aztec
AZTEC ARCHITECTUREPyramid construction was the greatest technological
achievement of Aztec civilization. What was the utilitarian value of pyramids? (How were they used?)
ANDEAN CIVILIZATIONS: Inca. Describe the role of the ayllu. Describe the mit’a system. How were messages carried quickly from Cuzco ,the capital, to other towns and cities?
INCA ARCHITECTURE:MACHU PICCHUName four Andean civilizations that existed before the Inca.See chapter 12 in your text.
Inca Khipu: record keepingused to keep inventory, create a census, keep records
Conquistadors: Cortez--Aztecs--Mexico; Pizarro--Incas--PeruIn your notes, define encomienda and the mit’a system; draw the hierarchy.
COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA (1800)
LATIN AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
SIMON BOLIVAR: The LiberatorLatin American Nationalism
ANCIENT NORTH AMERICA:Cahokia Mound Builders & Mississippian Cities
ANCIENT NORTH AMERICA: ADENA & HOPEWELL
Anasazi: Mesa Verde Cliff Dwelling
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